Shooting for my magazine

After completing the research and the experimentation necessary to begin shooting for my magazine, the process could begin. As this i have spoken about in previous blog posts, for my cover shoot i wanted to do this in our studio space due to the lighting i wanted to use and also the plain backgrounds which i can then alter to my liking. Thanks to my previous test shoots and endless research i knew pretty much from the get go in the studio space just how i wanted my shoot to go, i needed to do the basics like set up my back drop, ensure lighting was working and in the position i wanted before moving onto the applying the glitter to my model to begin shooting. Thanks to my previous work on creating an inspirations mood board on the make up i liked the glitter was easy enough to do with the use of adhesive, the whole process took less than 20 minutes before we could begin shooting. To begin with I had my model sit down, this was because the lighting hit the glitter and reflected out really effectively as i had found from my test shots however after looking at the shots i had taken i wanted her to stand, i wanted this because then i would have a variety of shots to play around with afterwards. After I had taken some shots without using any coloured filtering, i wanted to add this in. I added a blue filter into my model, which was just as effective. It worked really well with the blue glitter i had used on my model and the shots came out just how i would have liked, on reflection i believe that the images i liked the most were of the model sat down and luckily i had taken enough of the ones i had liked to add into my magazine later on.

Shadowing was a really important aspect i wanted to incorporate into my photo shoot, something i didn't talk about during my test shoot as a had to use a black background but it is something i kept in mind during this photoshoot. To ensure my shadowing was really effective I played around with the shutter speed of my camera whilst changing the lighting to each side of my model but also so that the lighting was directly above her to see which shadowing i liked best, this really helped in ensuring i got a variety of shots to play around with. After doing most of my shoot using a tripod to ensure a balanced photograph i wanted to experiment with just holding the camera, on reflection i am happy that i chose to do because most of the shots i liked best were of my angling the camera from below my model as this allowed me to include the shadowing i spoke about previously, as she was sat down i could get a good amount of shots this way without causing discomfort to her. Overall, my shoot didn't take long thanks to my test shooting and previous planning as well as the fact i could be critical of the photos i had taken quickly and learn how to rectify the situation soon, thankfully as my shoot focus was on the models face, i didn't need to include outfit changes like others did therefore i could save time that way. My issue fell after the i had finished the shooting and exported the images onto my Mac, it had taken well over 300 photos of varied photographs and most of them were very similar, if not the same! therefore i had to spend a long amount of time going through and deleting the ones i did not need, however in stating this i am really happy with the photos i did keep which i can use for my magazine.