Cathy Freeman NPG Photo

Cathy Freeman 

Photograph created by Montalbetti+Campbell in 1995

when we where asked to choose a photo and think of 4 words that described it, those 4 words where.
Powerful
Strong
Emotional
and I can’t remember the other one.

The photographer has used a series of techniques to make this image so strong.
View point- normally when you are looking down onto a subject it can convey a lack in power and strength. But this photo is the opposite.
Lighting- It doesn’t look like there has been any artificial lighting used, it looks like natural lighting as if she is outside as the lighting is stronger on the right side of her face.  
Cropping- very tight cropping so you are straightaway draw into Cathy’s eyes.
The subject-  we all know Cathy and straight away I think of her in her running suit which she wore in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. But this photo was before she really became famous; the sweat running down her face shows her determination and her hard work. Also the posing is very natural and candid which represents her personality. (: 

I think the purpose of this photo was to show Cathy in a every day context. I think that the creators have achieved this through different perspective. 

Analysis of Location Folio

‘Secret Garden’ 

My series “Secret Garden” is a combination of four separate shoots, all taken in the late afternoon. My natural light portraits use backlighting and fill lighting to create a cohesive series of photos that are based around the theme of ‘A Secret Garden’ .I wanted a very natural feel for all the photos and I think that I achieved that through, lighting, location & clothing. Overall I am happy with the photos, originally I was only going to do 2 photo shoots and the other 2 shoots that I did where practice shoots to pick times for lighting, but I really liked those photos so I decided to add them as well.

To improve the photos I need to control my lighting more. This is somewhat difficult because I use natural light with a reflector but in some photos there is too many sun flares, I wanted a very natural feel but sometimes it is to overpowering. Also I need to work on posing models, it is an experience working with different people & I feel that with practice I am getting better.             

The first 3 slide and slide 6&7 where taken just before sunset and I really liked this lighting, it has a very crisp feel compared to the softer feel of the other photos. I think the two main styles of lighting work well together and complement each other. I also framed the photos in a variety of ways, a mix of head shots & long body shots. I also used a wider aperture to blur out some of the background, but the viewer is still aware of the surroundings.  
Overall I'm happy with the photos and think that they work well together as a series. 

Speed Light Task

So it wasn't really a sunny day, but it had to be done! So this is the best that could be done (:

I did two photos, one with a 1:3 ratio and the other with a 1:5 ratio.
With the flash on higher power it fills the shadows better and brightens the face and overall makes a better photo.

 

Natural Light Portfolio Task

Practice Portfolio Photos 

 Natural light photos with reflector. 

When I went home a few weekends ago I did some practice photos with my friends, I used natural light around sunset time and a gold colour reflector. 

Chiaroscuro lighting

For this image I was going for the Film Noir effect. I used a door way and a flash light illuminating and creating a silhouette of the man in the door way. For the lighting on Jasmine I used a soft box on low power behind her and another snooted strobe in front of Jasmine lighting her face.     

Chiaroscuro Lighting

Film Noir Lighting Effect-

For this photo I used a background lighting coming from the left of Jasmine and a soft box on Jas and a smaller light on the bottle. 

For this effect I didn't use a backlighting, I just used a soft box lighting Jasmine and a smaller light lighting the bottles.  

For this last photo the set up is the same as the first photo but I moved the background light to the other side. I like this photo the most (: 

Night Shoot

Task One- 

Using a building that is lit by artificial light, take an image between

sunset and last light.

Task Two- 

Take a shot with an exposure over 10 seconds long and show

some movement in the image. I am not happy with this image, but you can see the movement of the cars driving just below the building. 

Flash and Constant Lighting

For this photo of Kelda I used a flash light with the modelling light on as well, and a constant lighting source in the back ground. To get the textured effect I placed a mesh material in front of Kelda and kept it there while the constant light was on and got Kelda to duck out of the frame. I really like this effect but I think this photo can be improved.    

Flash and Constant lighting

monobloc

For this task we used the Monobloc's. We worked as a group for the first few photos, but for this photo there had the be a window in the background. I was happy with the way that this photo worked out and I really liked the effect. 

Back Lit Lighting

I know that I want to use natural light in my photos but I have been thinking about how I will use natural light & I really like the look of backlit Portraits. This use of natural light is really striking and effective & I would like to use this style of lighting in the photos for my folio. And to light the face I will use a reflector (:

 

Group Photo

Group Photo! 

I did a shoot on the first week and I wasn't happy with the results so I re-shot in the second week and was much happier with the results! (:

Lighting set up
I used two very high lights, one coming from each side to create rim lighting. Also on a stand behind the girls I had the backlit lighting and a blue coloured gel. And then a high light in front of the camera which gave the hollywood lighting effect and a reflector just below the girls wastes to fill in the shadows.

Natural Light Portfolio Task

I have been doing some research for my Natural Light portfolio task and I have created a Pinterest Board full of inspiration. Below I have posted some photos that I really like, from photographers such as Emily Soto, Lara Jade and Julia Trotti. 
Also the photos that I did for my last blog post, where kind of a test shoot to get an idea of what I can achieve.  

I would like to do two main shoot, and have them similar but contrast against each other.
I will achieve this by doing one shoot where the model has lighter coloured features and use natural light colours for clothing and accessories and then contrast this in the 2nd shoot by using a model with darker features and darker clothing. 
Below I have examples of both. 

Lighter Photos

Darker Photos