While I wait for responses from my social media post, I have reshot my portraits that could be improved.
Firstly I reshot the ones of my brother. Although I liked the previous ones, he was looking at the camera. I tried to keep the composition and lighting the same and simply change how the subject is looking. The light wasn’t as good as the first shoot. I did go at the same time to get the photo as similar as possible but for unknown reasons the light had less yellow/orange tones. I could edit this in Photoshop.
I liked the first shoot I did of Jordan at his desk but as I have adapted and changed my idea it doesn’t fit anymore. It was taken further away and he also wasn’t close to the window so didn’t stand out as much. To begin with I thought this shoot wasn’t going to be successful as the reflection was too bright. Instead I stood to the side and opened the window (I live with this person so I could get closer). I then asked him to look out of the window . This captured both the reflection of the open window I was shooting through and also the one still closed. I like this as it adds more layer to the image.
This is my edited final. I added some warm tones to make up for the colder tones from the sun that evening.
I had a few good photos to choose from. I like the positioning of the first two but there was a blue car that reflected onto his face. This is quite distracting. To avoid this I took the image from below, looking up at him. This worked out well as it avoided any distracting colour on his face and also meant there was more of the sky in it. I like that his head fades into the tree line.
Lucy Davis 