Beth Brotherhood Photography

This week we were back in the studio, photographing models using more dramatic lighting and gels. The first image was simply using a more dramatic lighting set-up, photographing the model almost directly under the soft box lighting source. This created highlights and low lights and made a dramatic contrast on the models face. It was important that she modelled towards the light so that her face didn't fall into darkness. This second image was shot using gels, and gave a really nice and creative looking image. The orange and turquoise tones really complemented one another, and the way that she posed created a straight even split between the two colours when they fell on her, and this gave a really cool looking effect. This was only my second time shooting with gels, but now I feel a lot more confident, and love the effects they add to an image.

Last week, we had chance to experiment with food photography. It was interesting to learn about the best way to light the food that you are photographing, and to see how you can play about and make it look more creative. The first image I took was of these crisps. The colours gave the image depth and injected a bit of creative colour, as well as making them more interesting to photograph. The use of the mesh underneath also helped to give the image more depth, and gave the image a more natural and raw look, which complemented the food perfectly. The second image I shot was of bread. This image had more depth by having the different condiments in the background. The spreads helped to aid the image and make the bread look more interesting. I shot this image a bit differently, and got in closer with a more shallow depth of field to put the focus on the bread at the front with the slight bit of spread on. I think this made the image look more effective, and we then therefore focus on