Photo Taking Process



When preparing for my preliminary task I decided to take one of the Media Studies camera's and trial a few different angles and lighting techniques. Below are the photo's that didn't work and my reasons why.

 When taking this photo I didn't consider the glare from the window in the background. However when seeing the image on the computer monitor it was very visible and was changing the lighting on Jon's face.

For my second photo I realized the glare was too much from the window, making the surrounding features black and in shadow, I also realized the rope to the blind was obstructing the image.

















With this image the model moved as the camera was focusing,
making the photo useless, there was also too many objects in the
 background, drawing away the attention from the main focus of the model.















For the last image the model was in focus however the background was too obstructive and also the angle of the model was wrong, as he wasn't fully in shot and wasn't looking close enough to the lens, making his body language cold and uninviting (not the message you would want on the front cover of a magazine)






 

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