Extending Ideas

 Keeping in mind the soliloquy theme I have taken some more portraits and they are photographed in a slightly different way. The are much more dead pan and bare. This is the original.

I have edited this picture in photoshop to change the style of it slightly. I changed the image to black and white and changed the hue also to add some atmosphere to the image. The set up for the image is the usual studio set up with a black background however with these portraits I used a light instead of a torch and just a flash.



I think the edit works well and it highlights significant parts of the picture such as the 'love life' on the t-shirt which she clearly isn't. However I think I added too much to the saturation as the skin is not so flawless anymore and it has seemed to bring out blemishes, which however could be a good thing but in context I think these are not so good.


I also edited the image again and focused more on making the 'love life' darker to add some contrast to the image. I have also looked at photographer Yousuf Karsh as he did many black and white portraits of celebrities. His images are interesting and especially as he highlights the hands of his subject. Both these people are very influential to society and I think the images highlighting the hands and only specific aspects of the face, underline their place and show them off in a very good way.






The set up he has used highlights particular parts of the body which exagerates these aspects of the composition in the image, creating atmosphere.
I have also been researching Irving Penn, his photographs are very inspiring and he seems to capture many soliloquy type images.

This image is very hostile and seems to have a story of despair behind it. The fact that its black and white places the subjects in very plain clothing and just in the middle of a simple photographic background. Also the fact that the bags are slightly see through add to the despair the image seems to display.

This image is very striking and the eyes seem to burn out of the image. I think my image of my sister that is highly saturated can relate to this one as the skin tone is really brought out and the shape and definitive features of the face are also. As well as this, as it is so close up it adds more tension to the image.