TIM&TOM. Location techniques shoot.

due to weather and money setbacks/problems I had to change my Alice In Wonderland idea. Instead I did a shoot in my friends house; 

- lighting.

for the lighting I had available- three artificial lights above the subject and two small windows in front and at the side of the subject bringing in natural light - I adjusted the artificial lights so they were facing the wall creating a spotlight effect- at first I only had one of the lights facing directly onto the wall then I moved one to face one side of the wall which had less lighting touching it,  I had adjusted the natural light coming into the room by moving the curtains to allows only half of the natural light to stream through.

I also used a buffet so I could stand above the subject as he was taller then me and I was limited in angles. 

- I did a white balance by making my model hold up a piece of folded paper up towards the lights above him to check to make sure the white balance was set correctly.

Final images from the shoot;

colour / black and white. 

  Final set of images I decided to turn black and white so the contrast in the picture would be balanced, the skin tones would seem to be more even as when in color the lighting was making the skin tones of the subject odd and less aesthetically then when the images are turned black and white- I'm not 100% sure about the black and white coloring though doing this has taken away the boldness of the photos and the colours were so bright it seemed a shame to have to loose them (will include some color images I took as examples of this). I also tried to change the background on one of the images I thought the smudged effect gave something extra to the image and made the subject stand out more but my tutor thought it distracted from the subject so I put that idea to the side. 

I had a hard time getting lighting right, dead eye/s is common in most of the photos I took, this is mainly because of where the lights were pointing and the subject having there head facing too forward for the light to get into them- but this was unavoidable as when I told the subject to tilt there head up they'd look uncomfortable and awkward which was not what I wanted my final images to be like.  

If I had to do this shoot again which I'd be happy to do and try to get better shots with- I'd try to include another source of light like a lamp- I'd try out the extra light; lighting up the subject and then lighting up the background and see what differences it makes and continue the shoot depending on which has the better result. I'd try a different part of the house too-this room seemed to have the most adjustable lights and a good background I was unsure if there was another room that I could adjust as well so I shook to one room which I regret now if I'm honest.