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i am goign to be doing studio photography i.e. images such as black and white images with a red prop of a model but not sure how to go about it. i have a studio but how and what positions should i have my model. omg! i am soooo worried. help! shpuld i have her dress up? but where do i get clothes frm? i wanted to do a vintage style but that would require loads of props and clothes so i cant afford to do that, not at my level but what could i do with a female model and a studio painted white with ligting etc available. ask model if she has any good vintage looks she could bring with her.. many models have lots of different outfits (looks) .. if not go to charity shops and buy bits..Or ask a local vintage shop to loan you some key pieces.. use clever lighting and give it a sepia feel and perhaps you can pick up some other vintage props to borrow from either friends family and neighbours? good luck let your imagination run riot Is difficult to answer all those questions in this small space Use what you got. Have the model dress dark to go around the white studio, play with lighting, sometimes plain is always better to dont forget. For my studio shots in my portfolio i have my girlfriend in a white room, black jeans, black bra, and stage style make up (alittle thicker than normal to accent expressions), and i just played around with having her on a chair and moving some lights around for the shadows. i know what i could do with her....but that is a different story. white studio, black and white fotos.....i would go with dark clothes, vintage shots could be 'manufactured' but you would need to make sure you got the hairstyle right for the age you are trying to recreate. a 60's look should be easy to get, especially working with black and white, check out any mary quant or 'twiggy' stuff for ideas. a simple chair is always a handy prop. Well if you're on ANY kind of budget, just go to a vintage store, that sells retro clothes, or anything along the lines of that. For 30 bucks you can buy many various complete outfits. Good luck! If this is for school or college, you will most probably have a drama or theatre group there. Where there are thespians there are props and costumes! That's one out of the way. Try examining portraits in any art history book if you what a period look. Might be good to have B&W photocopies of the artwork you select alongside prints that you take in B&W, in your work, project book. Good idea to say why you have selected them, a personal statement. To continue you might take some images with dramatic lighting, possibly side lit. Some with dramatic highlights in the hair if female model envisaged, light high and shining into the hair so it spills through. Contrast this with some subtle lighting effects. Good to show in your project or work book that you have experimented with the lighting, don't forget to include simple lighting diagrams. Produce a key or legend to show position of model and to represent the lights. Remember to use reflectors to produce subtle lighting in your portraiture. Finally remember that if using B&W film, the model's makeup will need to be considerably darker than normal to produce contrast; again this would be a very useful page(s) for a project or work book. I have had students use two cameras for this, one loaded with colour to show, the colour of the make up, comparison being made against the other loaded with B&W to show the tonal effect. Hope all of this helps and gives you ideas and confidence. Go on try it! Don't forget that you need to experiment with the studio lighting, especially if using flash like Bowens or Courtney lights, also the use of a good flash meter. When all comes to all, if you have some time left, you could always do a comparison in your work /project book using natural lighting. With regard to positions/poses, have a look at the work of other photographers who use models, such as David Swanell, Helmut Newton, although these did a lot of work with nudes the posing can still be seen. I have chosen these two off the top of my head since they worked in B&W. I hope you really enjoy yourself!!!!! ex art teacher / lecturer in photography |
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