Portraits - Third Shoot

(Final Shoot)

Finally, my final shoot is completed and to be honest it didn't go as planned at all. I originally planed to have My friends Ciara and Alice as my subjects and to simply shoot the pictures in the room I used for my last two shoots along with the same equipment, but when it came to booking I was only able to get a Canon D-80, and a different room, I didn't really think this was a problem and the room wasn't much trouble for me. But, unfortunately something was wrong with my camera and nor I or any of my friends know what was wrong an how to fix it, so I tried to go through the shoot anyway but I think that something was wrong with my white balance because the camera was changing the colours of everything, even though the camera was set to manual. Basically it was broken. Eventually, Alice offered to let me borrow the camera she had booked out, It was a D-90 with a lens on it more suited to close ups.

Shot of the 3rd Portraits shoot by Joe Palmer (D-80)

Above is some of the media from the first half of my final photoshoot. With the unknown problem on the D-80 It took a lot of pictures to actually get a clear result and these are them, Although you can see the colour changing effect the camera kept doing on the image in the middle top right. I did try do get some good ones and the far bottom right image is actually one of my favourites as I really like the composition of it. The picture is slightly dark thought but this is because the actual projected image came out darker when projected. Also The middle middle left image was a pure accident I tried to 'reset' the camera but reverting everything back to auto to like 'refresh' it but i took a picture during and it upped the shutter speed and that happens, I actually quite like the picture and might play with shutter speed for my next project.

Shots from the 3rd Portraits shoot by Joe Palmer (D-90)

The pictures above are from the second half of the shoot where alice kindly let me use her camera. I think they came out so much better then the first half. Because of the lens I really wanted to get up close and personal with the shots. I think of these shots came out amazingly, mainly the far top left and middle middle left. These two shots just really catch my eye and I like alot about them.

Top shot from my 3rd Portraits shoot by Joe Palmer

The Image to the left is one of my favourites from the shoot because I just think it has such early and cool sense to it. It was taken on accident as they both laughed and put their heads down at the same time. The picture ended up looking like they're both hanging in a cupboard with the projection looking like the sun through the slats in the doors. This picture was almost my final piece because of this 'Capture the moment' aspect to it but I ended up not choosing it because it doesn't really fit the theme and is slightly blury from where they were moving.  

Top shot from my 3rd Portraits shoot by Joe Palmer

The picture beside is another of my favourites from the shoot that doesn't really fit the theme I just really enjoy. I mainly like the extreme sharpness it has, Also, like the last it has a little bit of a sinister vibe. It almost replicated the same situation that the image above is in. The only problem I have with this image is the composition, I feel like what it has works and the lack of looking room as a level of claustrophobia but personally it just feel a bit heavy and I wish i shout it more central. 

Honourable Mentions 

The next few Images are ones that I almost chose for my final piece but in the end decided against for various reasons.

One of the top shots from the Final Portraits shoot that was almost chosen as final piece (By Joe Palmer)

The above image I one I really like and is a very well composed image, my only problem with it is that it is a direct 'copy' of the original image by Elesq so I almost feel that it would be a cop-out to choose it as I haven't put much thought into what I'm visualizing through the projection. I also feel their wasn't enough progression from the research to this to have it as my final piece. (For a more in-depth analysis of this image look to my Elesq Research Here. )

One of the top shots from the Final Portraits shoot that was almost chosen as final piece (By Joe Palmer)

This next image is more of a progression from the Elesq research as it has those same connotations of balance and individuality through differences but its more of a move forward with the different background that is of two triangles that represent both subjects. I also tried to mimic the colouring and emotional context of both triangles in my direction of my friends, I had Alice mirror the sad connotations of the blue and had Ciara show the passionate connotations of Pinks and Reds but having her head held high. I also feel like this added to the composition of the image by creating this diagonal line through the picture. These lines also line up with the triangles adding further composure. I also feel like this add a secondary meaning as Alice almost looks like she is trying to fit into the triangle and 'conform' while Ciara is 'breaking the mold'. My only problem with this image is the colouring is just took dark and because my iso has be be raised because of this It created some unnecessary grain and it just took away from the image for me. 

One of the top shots from the Final Portraits shoot that was almost chosen as final piece (By Joe Palmer)

The final option I almost chose for my final piece was this picture. Really this picture has everything for me, the only problem I have with it is the camera was slightly out of focus and this combined with the slight blurriness of the original projection image left it quite cloudy overall and it just put me off alittle but its such a shame. 

What I do like about this image though is the composition and the direction I gave. I told my subjects to create the same lines that they made in the previous image which they did well but then I actually tilted the camera to enhance this. This image also follows more of the balance side of the meaning that ive been trying to portray and I quite like this. I went for a concept based around Calm and Chaos I tried to reflect this in the colouring and the graphic of each circle by getting one that is calm water in a cooling blue and the other is for wild tides. There is another version of this projection image where the yellow is in red that fits the colour theory better but but it didn't show up well in camera so I has to use this yellow version which I still like it just doesn't fit the colour theory as well.