These are my final three images that I have submitted for Issue 21 of Carpaccio Magazine. I think they really fit with the brief, especially how I've edited them to create warm tones that reflect the warm sound of the song.
I took the images in the woods in Atherstone. With this setting, it has no real sense of place but does have a sense of time with the autumn trees in the background. The models are my boyfriend Thomas Kuchta and his sister Helen Kuchta. I chose them because I know them both well and would be easier for me to work with. Saying this, they still felt nervous so when I was taking photographs, I gave them a few instructions and reassured them that they were doing well. I also took a few candid shots whilst we were talking as their nervousness doesn't come over in the photograph. I took a few images with inspiration from Aaron Feaver's compositions that I put into my sketchbook. Although I found them useful, most of the compositions were spur of the moment and down to the surroundings.
Before I came to these final images, I played around with adding illustrations but they made the images looked cluttered and distracted from the main focus. I also played around with saturation levels,lowering the saturation to create a more sombre look. By doing this, the point of the warm tones were lost, losing the connection with the warmth of the song, so I decided to stick with the original saturation. I edited the images by adding a subtle warming photo filter and altering the curves to create a cross processing effect. On the main image of both Tom and Helen, I darkened the edges slightly as the colours in the corners were very bright and distracted from the main focus. I consulted my tutor before submitting as he specialises in photography and I wanted a second opinion on them. He looked through the magazine and the artist's featured works and asked me if I had done enough editing to the images. I think my work is edited enough to fit in with the other works from the magazine but still be distinct from the others. I read issue 19 and there are pages where all the work looks like theyre created by one artist when theyre are a few artists work on that page. This isn't what I wanted.
I really enjoyed this experience and would like to do more briefs from Carpaccio magazine as this one gave me a good starting point to create some beautiful images. If my work doesn't get selected for publication, the task was still productive as it contributes to my portfolio.
I would also like to work with other models, so I have joined an online forum called Model Mayhem to make connections with local models who want work for their portfolio. This would benefit my portfolio and hopefully get me some commissions.
I took the images in the woods in Atherstone. With this setting, it has no real sense of place but does have a sense of time with the autumn trees in the background. The models are my boyfriend Thomas Kuchta and his sister Helen Kuchta. I chose them because I know them both well and would be easier for me to work with. Saying this, they still felt nervous so when I was taking photographs, I gave them a few instructions and reassured them that they were doing well. I also took a few candid shots whilst we were talking as their nervousness doesn't come over in the photograph. I took a few images with inspiration from Aaron Feaver's compositions that I put into my sketchbook. Although I found them useful, most of the compositions were spur of the moment and down to the surroundings.
Before I came to these final images, I played around with adding illustrations but they made the images looked cluttered and distracted from the main focus. I also played around with saturation levels,lowering the saturation to create a more sombre look. By doing this, the point of the warm tones were lost, losing the connection with the warmth of the song, so I decided to stick with the original saturation. I edited the images by adding a subtle warming photo filter and altering the curves to create a cross processing effect. On the main image of both Tom and Helen, I darkened the edges slightly as the colours in the corners were very bright and distracted from the main focus. I consulted my tutor before submitting as he specialises in photography and I wanted a second opinion on them. He looked through the magazine and the artist's featured works and asked me if I had done enough editing to the images. I think my work is edited enough to fit in with the other works from the magazine but still be distinct from the others. I read issue 19 and there are pages where all the work looks like theyre created by one artist when theyre are a few artists work on that page. This isn't what I wanted.
I really enjoyed this experience and would like to do more briefs from Carpaccio magazine as this one gave me a good starting point to create some beautiful images. If my work doesn't get selected for publication, the task was still productive as it contributes to my portfolio.
I would also like to work with other models, so I have joined an online forum called Model Mayhem to make connections with local models who want work for their portfolio. This would benefit my portfolio and hopefully get me some commissions.
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