Research
- David Woolfall -
David Woolfall is also known as 'The London Portrait Photographer'. He is an award winning photographer based in London and works for international magazines shooting stories and individual portraits. He also works for a number of business magazines as well as shooting corporate portraits for corporate clients which include Banking and International law firms.
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- Worst Photo -
Out of David's Collection, this is the worst in my opinion. The photo shows a man in some sort of factory. David has used the environment to show what the person does. My only major problem with this photo is that the photo was taken too far back and you can't really see the man unless you zoom the photo right in. The rule of thirds seems to have been used as the man's head is on a power spot. One thing I do like is the man isn't just standing there, he is posing which makes it different from a lot of other portraits.
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- Best Photo -
Out of David's collection of photos, this is my favourite. The coloured lights grab your attention right on the subject and they actually look good. The colour of his tie also goes with the pink light in the background. The pose the man is doing is also very formal but slick and the same time. He is also looking towards the camera which engages the audience. The models body creates a compositional triangle, and the black suit that he is wearing contrasts with the lighting. This helps us focus our attention on whats important. The only props used was a chair.
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- David Lazar -
David Lazar is a travel photographer and musician from Brisbane, Australia, who loves to capture moments of life, beauty and culture through photography. He is drawn to locations which have a rich cultural background and he is especially interested in portrait and landscape photography. He has contributed to many newspaper and magazines outlets across the world, including the National Geographic.
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- Worst Photo -
In my opinion this is the worst photo out of the photos I picked out of David Lazar's site. The image itself is great, but just not as good as the rest. I do like the bright colours of the dress and that it stands out from the rather dull background. The model's pose is kind of boring in my opinion as she is just standing and staring into the distance. I don't like the different composition to the others, I prefer a close up of faces. This is because you can see human emotion in the photos, also unlike the rest, this was taken from the side.
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- Best Photo -
In my opinion this is David Lazar's best photo. He took this when he went to the middle east. The woman is doing a pose with her hands and staring directly at the camera. The colours of the scarf really pop. The lighting is soft and is focused on her face. A shallow depth of field was used as the background is slightly out of focus. The photo is taken in a head-shot composition as only her head is visible. The photographer must of shone a light onto a reflector to get the soft light on one side of her face, and defined shadows on the other.
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- Daisuke Takakura -
- Best Photo -
This is my favourite photo that he has taken. This is because of the dramatic look which goes really well with the photo. I think this image is meant to show off human emotions. He has used cloning which he has probably done in photoshop to achieve this. He has capturerd the main emotions in one picture. One of the facial expressions is laughing, one looks quite stressed anther one is upset, and one is smiling, finally there is just a neutral facial expression in the middle. In addition, he added a prop umbrella into the image, so their isn't just a blank space. I think the photographer used the rule of thirds to focus your attention on the models. It also looks like he has used a shallow depth of field, as there is an out of focus background present. The overall uses quite monotone colours. Black and white with a blue hue.
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Photo-Shoot Ideas
Shoot 1
This is the original photo. The lighting was controlled but was not positioned correctly as only half the side of his face is lit up, so next time I will make sure the entire face is even and well lit. This ruined the double exposure effect.
- 1st Attempt -
Step 1 - I imported my image into Photoshop.
Step 2 - Using the Pen Tool, I removed my background and refined the edge so it was clean.
Step 3 - Added a white background layer.
Step 4 - I imported my landscape image and using layer masks I placed it over my model. Then I unlinked the two images so I could move my landscape around without my model being affected. I used this tutorial.
Step 5 - I duplicated my model layer and placed it above my landscape layer and adjusted the opacity and blending mode.
Step 6 - I added 3 adjustment layers. One of them was black and white to wash out the photo. The second was a level adjustment layer to deepen the blacks and highlights. The third was a gradient map to add a brown tint to the image.
Step 7 - I finally added the original landscape image to the background and lowered the opacity.
Shoot 2
1st Edit
Canon EOS 700D + 40mm Pancake Lens - 1/125 Shutter Speed, f/2.8 Aperture, ISO 200
Editing Process
2nd Edit
Editing Process
Shoot 3
Editing Process
Step 1 - I imported my photo into Photoshop and positioned the face in the middle.
Step 2 - I found some custom splatter paint brushes and I created a layer mask over the image.
Step 3 - I created an empty layer and added a gradient overlay for the background.
Step 4 - I added a black and white filter, and adjusted the hue and saturation.
Step 5 - Using the paint brushes, I created stripes of colour and set the layer blending mode to soft light.
Final Piece
2nd Attempt (Terrible colour choices)
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UNIT EVALUATION
PORTRAIT