Task 1

In this task we were asked to take three head shots of the same model, using high key; mid key and low key lighting. i used a fellow classmate as my model and decided on a fashion theme for my shoot. The image for each lighting key depicts the emotion commonly associated with said key.

High key:

Mid key: 

Low key:

I am really quite pleased with how these images turned out and i especially like the low key image. The high key image's background isn't pure white but that can be fixed on photoshop.

Photoshop

A large part of our course involves lots of editing images using Photoshop. We were given three tutorials on how to do various edits. Here are my attempts;

This is the original image,

and this is my edited version. The first tutorial we were given was on skin softening. Although it is hard to see unless you are zoomed in, in the original image, her skin is darker and her freckles are more visible. Using the skin softening method i made her skin look smoother and paler.

This is the original image,

and this is my edited version. As you can clearly see, in the original image the woman's left eye is slightly closed making the image look odd. Using Photoshop i have put the right eye over the left eye and flipped it around to make the eyes look the same and therefor vastly improving the image.

This is the original image,

and this is my edited version. In this image i have changed her eye colour from brown to a very bright blue. 

Here are the links to the tutorials...

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3zEoPzD2uckYzIxNmI2MzYtMzA1YS00YTkzLWEyODYtYTdkOTQ0ZTY4Zjhm/edit?usp=sharing skin softener.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3zEoPzD2uckOGNlNGM2YTItZjM2Yi00YmRkLTllZDAtNWIzZjdkZTFjYzYx/edit?usp=sharing swap eye.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3zEoPzD2uckOGVjZmYyOGQtYWM1NS00YTRhLTlhNDMtZjNiZTdmNDhmZmE4/edit?usp=sharing change eye colour.

Food photography

As part of our studio photography unit, we took photographs of a sample of dishes cooked by the college restaurant. Here are some examples of my images...

This image was taken using nothing but natural light.

Overall, I think that I have been quite successful with my images. My favourite image 

is the last one as it contains nice warm tones which makes the food look more attractive.

Here is a diagram of the light setup used all of the images that didn't use natural light..

As the diagram shows, a large softbox was used on one side, and a silver reflector was used on the other.