I'm back

Hello again. I apologize for not posting often enough... I know it has been a few months now but I have been stupidly busy. I have had work and shooting coming out of my ears. I am going to try and post more in the next few weeks, hopefully with help from my partner, perhaps he can become my PR as he is not working currently. I have my final major projects coming up soon and hope to be hosting events in Middlesbrough, Darlington and Whitby. I have started to enjoy producing portraits, whether they are of single people of groups. I will post more information here and on my twitter and facebook pages, including my new Flickr page, which I am in the process of updating. Basically, my online profile (apart from my personal pages) needs a major revamp. I'll talk to you guys later!

Sienna

Loose something?

(yes I know this is an interruption of what I've been blogging about so don't yell at me, but i had to post this)

Walking along my road today I found this... I'm guessing they lost it while running in the rain... but flip flops in November really?

Light rotation

 Notice the subtle differences in lighting. If trying to light a subject try it at different angles, as some lighting may not be attractive on some and look good on others! Imagine the light is a sun and rotate it round the subject. Take photos as you go ( as I have done here) and you will find the most attractive lighting angle for the model or object you are photographing.

Dwayne

The images unedited from the first shoot with Dwayne. Inevitably my assistant ended up in some of the shots as well so I'm just saying that so you dont get confused who the random bloke is in some of the images. I used a white backdrop, using the same lighting as in the light experimentation in the previous post, but using a snoot rather than a model light. for some reason this gave it a yellow tint, so maybe I should use a white or silver reflector in the next shoot so this counteracts with the yellow cast. The majority of the images has Dwayne holding the JOOP bottle, so getting the exposure right on him and the bottle was a bit of a challenge but I think the majority of shots came out okay. I will edit these and then do another shoot, trying to make some improvements.

Background light

            

This shoot was done using two flash lights with soft boxes placed on to them and pointed towards the background so that it was lit, also a model light shone on my model. I kept the two lights at the back, the same brightness settling but changed the lighting on the model, which gave the effect of the background becoming darker on each shot. Towards the end when the shoot when the lights were very bright, the model covered his eyes and this produced very interesting effects on his face.

       

Testing with light

Bleaching the skin of the model using a model light can give all sorts of interesting effects to a model, especially if your model has an angler face or distinctive features. This model works well because of her pale complexion and contrasts with her dark hair and clothing. Different positions change the angle of the light and give subtle differences in shadow tones, which can make or break an image. The detail of the skin and aspects of the hair and clothing are lost but this could be good depending on the effect you want to produce.

Prints

This is a photograph I took over a year ago now (god it goes quick.) I am considering selling prints of my work, so if anyone wants a print of any of my images, please email me on siefrenchphoto@gmail.com

Sizes are from postcard size (A6) to A3 size. These will be on high quality photographic and transactions will be done thru paypal.

Prices:

A6- £2.00
A5- £2.75
A4- £3.50
A3 -£5.00

Any bigger sizes wanted will have to be discussed and arranged.

Framed images will be from £2.00 to £5.00 more than the prices stated so please take that into consideration.

Thank you, S