Test shots

Workshops 2 Minutes
An image of a girl with stretcher piercings and tattoos putting on her eyeliner.
This image didn’t make the final cut for many reasons, it was a snapshot image and didn’t show the true story.
A photo of a girl on a chair with her legs crossed showing numerous tattoos.
This image didn’t make the final cut as it was a test shot for using
A photo of a high platformed boot with a moon cut into the side.
This image didn’t make the final cut as it was a snapshot of a shoe, it didn’t show the true story and wasn’t portrait photograpy.
An image of a women with tattoos on her arms in front of a book shelf.
This image was a test shot image so didn’t make the final cut, it didn’t describe every
An image of a women putting foundation on her arm to try cover her tattoos.
I roginally really liked this image as it showed a message I was trying to porray but didn’t make the final cut as it wasn’t portrait photography.
An image of a girl lying in bed laughing with her hands over her mouth and flowers in her hair.
Tis image very nearly made the final cut but I chose a similar image where Carroll didn’t have her hands over h er mouth.
An image of a women smiling looking away from the camera with flower heads around her.
This image didn’t make the final cut as I preferred the positioning of flowers in Carrolls hair.
An image of a women with a cotton pad in her hand looking at herself in the mirror.
I liked this image as it followed the rule of thirds but decided not to use it as I
An image of a girl on top of a multi-storey car park looking away from the camera.
This image was a test shot photo so didn’t make the final cut, a similiar image did make the final cut where the women looked directly at the camera.
An image of a girl sat on a cone laughing at the camera with the sun in her eyes.
This image didn’t make the final cut due to how the shadows looked.
An image of a women sat on a cone laughing at the camera, showing off her tattoos on her legs.
This image didn’t make the final cut due to being portrait and not landscape, I also didn’t like the shadows on this photo.
An image of body hair on a women's stomach.
This image didn’t make the final cut due to being a test shot and the fact it wasn’t a portrait image.
An image of a woman looking at the camera with both arms out.
This image very nearly made the final cut but didn’t due to being portrait. I also found I had better images with shadow techn
An image of a woman in front of a hedge smiling at the camera.
This photo didn’t make the final cut as the lighting doesn’t look the best it could and the photo is porta
An image of a girl with her hands in her hair, showing of her facial and ear piercings stood in front of a hedge.
This image didn’t make the final cut as I had a similar photograph with better lighting where the woman was looking directly at the camera.

Progress update: When I was taking photographs I didn’t think properly of the story I was trying to capture so instead found a lot of my images looked like “snapshots”.

Progress update: I started using Adobe Photoshop more in other modules and began to understand what made a photograph look better, I found I changed the contrast too much on many of my original photographs but learnt that this doesn’t always bring out the best outcome.

Progress update: I originally wanted more than two photographs per case study but quickly recognised that two good quality images per case study was better than four of bad quality.

Progress update: I began taking images during the final few weeks of the module and quickly realised I wasn’t thinking creatively enough. This is when I then sat down and decided to re-think my view and what backgrounds were used. I took advantage of the lighting from outside and decided to use those photos.

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