I looked back at my shoot from the other day and decided that even though the images are good there are not up to scratch for my liking. So this week I’m going to be working so much harder to get this shoot to work and get amazing images that are better looking and a more creative concept the next 2 shoots are based on avant garde one of which will contain a butterfly theme which will have some blood on the model where the butterfly’s have fallen and the other flower based theme with petals falling onto the back. Lighting is going to be so much of a key this week that I have started looking at the way people light artistic nudes and speaking to another student who I know has done this kind of lighting and spoke to Chloe a lot about the idea. I decided from looking at the artistic nudes and some of Titus Powell’s work and Theodoor Thomas who is a photographer that I found on Blogger. Here are some of the images I have been looking at, and trying to figure out the lighting that the photographers used.
This is Theodoor Thomas’s work this is the image that I really like the lighting of I can tell there is a main light onto the front maybe a beauty dish or snoot? and then a soft box at the side just to enhance the curves and to lighten up the back.
this image is by Kararzyna Karina the lighting on this image is really soft I think there is only one light which I think is a softbox bringing in the main source of light I really like the pose on this image as well I think the image has been manipulated to add the birds onto the skin which I looks nice but even if the birds weren’t there its would be a great shot I think the red background has a really nice effect.
Image is by Noblin who I found on Deviant art I like the image as the back isn’t fully lit which gives the image texture to the back I think its a lightbox that he has used just to light up part of the back and give it softness.
this is by photographer IM SirReal I really like the fact that this image is in colour and not black and white I think there is 2 light sources lighting both sides of the model but a stronger light on the right I thinks its 2 soft boxes I’m not to sure but there might be a third light to bring out the back abit more but im not 100% sure.
Looking at the images I have here I really like the grey background and try to get a more softer feel to the images to my next shoot will hopefully give it more textured feeling.
