Cost - Expenses

Photography equipment hire ( if it wasn't my own)

Flash center.

• Lights Elechrome daily £13.00 or weekly £45.50 with a deposit of £450.o X2
  
• Elinchrom Rotalux 70x70cm, daily £9.00 or weekly £35.00- deposit £70
• Sekonic L308 Flash Meter, daily£8.00 or weekly £28.00 - deposit £50.00
• Camera Tripod, daily £8.00, or weekly £28.00 - deposit £50.00

Fish tank (glass) - £10

camera hire (depending on make) - D70 - Weekly £70

Fuel - £30

fruit - under £5

Model ( if paid for ) - £ 60 - £100 an hour

Artist Research - Barry Mccall

For fashion photography and advertising photography, Barry McCall is in a class of his own. His fashion photos from the top magazines, advertising features, and editorial photo shoots capture the mood and style of today's fashion designers.

His advertising photography features constantly on Ireland's billboards. View his advertising photography work for clients, such as Bentley, Diet Coke, and Conde Nast and see why Barry McCall is the sought after advertising photograher in Ireland.

kirsteen

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Originally uploaded by harvey30887

Location : basement of the models house, shown below.

model : Kirsteen Leask
Assistant: Charlote Walsh
Photographer : Christopher Harvey

kirsteen

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Originally uploaded by harvey30887

Location : basement of the models house, shown below.

model : Kirsteen Leask
Assistant: Charlote Walsh
Photographer : Christopher Harvey

Small element in this shot:

The figure is looking towards the glitter that I flew up in the air. I added great effect, but because the background is so busy the focus ad glitter is merged in making it harder to see. I would like to retake this shot using glitter with a black background and maybe a fake moon creating my own landscape.

kirsteen

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Originally uploaded by harvey30887

Location : basement of the models house, shown below.

model : Kirsteen Leask
Assistant: Charlote Walsh
Photographer : Christopher Harvey

kirsteen

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Originally uploaded by harvey30887

Location : basement of the models house, shown below.

model : Kirsteen Leask
Assistant: Charlote Walsh
Photographer : Christopher Harvey

kirsteen

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Originally uploaded by harvey30887

Location : basement of the models house, shown below.

model : Kirsteen Leask
Assistant: Charlote Walsh
Photographer : Christopher Harvey

kirsteen

Location : basement of the models house, shown below.

model : Kirsteen Leask
Assistant: Charlote Walsh
Photographer : Christopher HarveyLocation : basement of the models house, shown below.

model : Kirsteen Leask
Assistant: Charlote Walsh
Photographer : Christopher Harvey
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kirsteen close up

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Originally uploaded by harvey30887

Location : basement of the models house, shown below.

model : Kirsteen Leask
Assistant: Charlote Walsh
Photographer : Christopher Harvey

harvey30887-portfolio.blogspot.com/2008/02/final-of-model...

This shot is similar to the shot on the link above.

This shot consisted of one light directed to the right of the figures face and a large white board on the left pointing directly at her. I wanted to create maximum detail to her face canceling out deep shadows that would loose detail i wanted to gain.

Personally i believe this shot works really well, it gives no room to let the eye wonder, it is paced in front of you as a simple creative portrait and it has the eye catching element i want because of the warm colour tones and her eyes glaring right back at you reminding me of the portrait of Mona Lisa just contemporary.

processing the image:

-heightened the colour to warm it up and more eye catching colours.
- air brushed the whole face to blend the make up and skin tones, to add it more of a model shoot style of photograph.
- i left some of the models details in to add more natural elements such as: strands of loose hairs, some bumps in the skin, some colour corrections .

kirsteen

kirsteen shoot-73
Originally uploaded by harvey30887

Location : basement of the models house, shown below.

model : Kirsteen Leask
Assistant: Charlote Walsh
Photographer : Christopher Harvey

- I like the cold and stony ascetic that this shot portrays, it makes you feel the expression of the model and how she feels, with both the expression and pose of the figure suggests upset,cold,secluded,abandoned and helpless.

re-shooting this shot i would add more light to the textures around the figures feet or actually i would hire another light out and direct this towards the objects surrounding her feet.

Artist Research - charlie troman

The sets and venues are similar to mine I wish i saw these before i took my shoot with kirsteen. her shot have given me some ideas how to light the background. The advantage to her shoot she had a window to work with and bring more light in.

The posers really work well with her style of photography and use of textured ventures.

kirsteen

kirsteen shoot-137-Edit
Originally uploaded by harvey30887

Location : basement of the models house, shown below.

model : Kirsteen Leask
Assistant: Charlote Walsh
Photographer : Christopher Harvey

one light was used in this shot and i wanted to spot light the model between the two pillars but i didn't want to leave it with harsh light behind the figure. To do this shot ideally i need a 'snoot' but with the lack of this equipment to hand, so instead i used a worn down old beer box cellotaped to the light.

The spot light worked so well, adds a vinette that centres your eye to the model and adds a more dramtical feeling t the overall image.

The dingy worn down walls add loads of texture but also makes the model look more beautiful contrasting her to the background.

I wanted the models expression to be more extreme to the others, i wanted to make it look like she was trapped and she couldn't get out. The expressin works well but i think te expression on the previous image works alot better because the eyes seem to draw to he figure.

kirsteen

kirsteen shoot-135-Edit_pp
Originally uploaded by harvey30887

Location : basement of the models house, shown below.

model : Kirsteen Leask
Assistant: Charlote Walsh
Photographer : Christopher Harvey

one light was used in this shot and i wanted to spot light the model between the two pillars but i didn't want to leave it with harsh light behind the figure. To do this shot ideally i need a 'snoot' but with the lack of this equipment to hand, so instead i used a worn down old beer box cellotaped to the light.

The spot light worked so well, adds a vinette that centres your eye to the model and adds a more dramtical feeling t the overall image.

The dingy worn down walls add loads of texture but also makes the model look more beautiful contrasting her to the background.

I asked the model to look expression-less because i wanted her to look doll like and moody so she would have some relationship with the background (venue).

flickr comments on this images:

	Leah Makin Photography says: Kirsteen makes a great model, love this set! Posted 2 days ago. ( permalink | delete )
	Zebulon 2005 says: Very interesting, and super nice with te shadow at the bottom, ads something, score 8/10 Posted 24 hours ago. ( permalink | delete )
	Quasebart says: that's a very pretty picture. just one point - the lines aren't straight Posted 24 hours ago. ( permalink | delete )
	harvey30887 says: walls ant straight not much i can do bowt that Posted 24 hours ago. ( permalink | delete | edit )
	cassiusjb says: Score 10/10 from the Rate My Portrait group: #1 Pretty artsy Posted 21 hours ago. ( permalink | delete )
	sandyhutton says: very fashion, technically sound, although the model's eyes seem lifeless Score 5/10 from the Rate My Portrait group: #4 Posted 20 hours ago. ( permalink | delete )
	americassign says: The background allows for strong attention to the object and enhances her mood. 7/10 Posted 18 hours ago. ( permalink | delete )
	ttworek2001 says: Score 7/10 from the Rate My Portrait group: #1 Posted 17 hours ago. ( permalink | delete )

kirsteen portrait

kirsteen shoot-38-Edit
Originally uploaded by harvey30887

Location : basement of the models house, shown below.

model : Kirsteen Leask
Assistant: Charlote Walsh
Photographer : Christopher Harvey

Trying to perfect my portrait skills and adding more dramtic feactures.
The hardest thing with this shoot was the location it was damp, rotting away and had only one power supply.
I had two lights to work with and lots of white mount board. The previous day we had a photographer come into college and show us how to work with the lights and using reflectors, he generated a well lit images, from this i was really inspired to do the same and i asked Charlotte Walsh to be my assistant and help holding the card to reduce deep shadows in some shots.

This shot was created usngi one light to the right hand side of the models face and lit the background with a snoot.

If i did this shoot again id have a spot light just lighting the back of the figures hair so she would stand out slightly from the background.

Overall im really pleased with the result, the blended eye shadow looks good and the figure stands out from the dingy background making here the key element in this shot.

key light was set to , F2.4 background light f3
Exposure : 1/125 sec t F/8.0
Focal length : 55 mm
Nikon D70
Lens: 18.0 - 55,0 mm

venue shots

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venue shots

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venue shots

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venue shots

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venue shots

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kirsteen shoot-7

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venue shot

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venue shot

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The shoot.

after doing the portraits of Steph I decided to do another because the results were so positive.

The venue:

Was discovered after remembering my friend kirsteen mentioned her dirty basement, it was awful to have in a house but made so many opportunities for photography.

Preparation;

• glitter, eye shadow, white boards, pegs(for hair), hair spray.
  

light portrait

steffie 3
Originally uploaded by harvey30887

harvey30887 says:
This was a quick set up shot but after i fiddled around with it and heightened the line definition the image seem to become more sketchy and artistic. It reminded me of a poster i saw in the college, for a portrait completion.

portrait of model

steffie 1_pp
Originally uploaded by harvey30887

Shot in the same shoot as the first image, the light up was the same just with a low lit Elechrome on the background, because i didn't want to bleach it out, i felt i needed to keep with the 'metal blue' theme i had the model set up as.

I cropped the image in to make her eyes the main focus, hair face looks perfect so the hair adds the messy element i wanted to make her more natural.

final of model portrait

steffie2_pp
Originally uploaded by harvey30887

I shot this using one Elechrome from the right of the models face, using a white board, i reflected the light back in which created more detail on the face of the model, but leaving some dimension to her face with the faint shadow. I did the make up on her face because i wanted to improve my skills around every element in photography.


processing the image:

-heightened the colour to warm it up and more eye catching colours.
- air bruched the whole face to blend the make up and skin tones, to add it more of a model shoot style of photograph.
- i left some of the models details in to add more natural elements such as: strands of loose hairs, some bumps in the skin, some colour corrections .

The orginal is shown below.

portrait of model

steffie2
Originally uploaded by harvey30887

Original Shot:

Much more skin detail and duller colors not as eye catching and it also looks like the make up is suppose to be bruised eyes.

Portrait - mood board