background photos for Carpenter Shoot

background photos for Carpenter Shoot

In this photograph, I was trying to depict a carefree, casual, confident, decidedly masculine individual. As well as the feet and shoes themselves, the environment also portrays these characteristics as the ground is covered in litter of all kinds, for example a rusty razor blade - an object which in itself is the epitomy of masculinity and indicates the harshness of the environment - possibly stabbings are common in this location
The shoes have acquired human characteristics as they are so well worn and messy. The undone shoelace clearly indicates the careless attitude of the individual.
Lighting set up - I used a key light at 170 degrees to the camera and a fill in flash at 45 degrees to create the very dramatic shadows and alsoi to highlight the front of the shoes. However, by having quite a low fill in, this did not destroy the main features of the shadows.


Here you can see the choices I decided upon for the editing of the image

To create this very extreme shot, I used special ways in which to light the subjects and lens helped me to create the implicit drama.

Specs - 17mm which helped to create the very wide angle and almost superimposed appearance of the feet as they seem so large due to the way in which they are photographed.
I also placed the lens directly on ground level to show the contours the ground and a frontal view of the feet which would not normally be seen in this way.
Shutter speed 250 - this helped to create very extreme contrasts of light and shade thus increasing the mysterious, enigmatical nature of the image. At 250. the shutter speed is so fast that it does not take in any ambience light
F Stop 22 - Due to the high F Stop the immense detail of the floor was created and emphasized the contours and textures of the surrounding environment.

Lighting set up -
The key light was at 45 degrees to the subject and set at F.6 due to the high aperture and placed 3 to 4 feet away. The fill in light was placed at 180 degrees to the camera set at F.3 pointing towards the woman's legs so the backs of them are highlighted as the background is so dark Thus, the superimposed appearance of the feet is created.
Using without soft boxes or shoot throughs this created harsh lighting and dark prominent shadows

Editing - To change the colour balance more towards the purple spectrum in colour balance and white balance. Also, in lens corrections putting on a vernetting on the image to create a pinpointed area on which the audience is supposed to focus. The rest of the photograph falls into darkness.

In this photograph, we can see that the representations are very clear and decisive.
The woman is given absolute authority and power as her feet are shown in front of the man and they actually appear larger than his due to the way in which they are photographed. Despite her dominance, she still retains her femininity due to the style of her shoes and the pose.
The environment helps to contribute further meanings as it is a very urban and run down area. It seems to be suggested that she is able to rise above the poverty and crime around her.

In this photograph, we are presented with a juxtaposed image with the woman's and man's feet jumbled up as if attached to one body . In this photograph, I have used a great deal of post production to suggest that the couple are floating in space to make the image stand out more and be as eye catching as possible
The way in which I created this was by lens correction in CS3 and by scaling it down and extending edges to create the floating mid-air shot in darkness, maybe suggesting to the reader the flat earth theory as only one dimension is portrayed and narrow minded view of gender representation. The iconography of the photograph helps to create connotations of mystery
as the lighting is so low key that it is impossible for the audience to determine exactly what is going on.An enigma is thus created.

In this series of photographs, I was trying to replicate Finlay MacKay's style of lighting.
For the concept of this series, I was trying to explore ways in which small sections of the body can tell whole stories by the interpretation of body language. For example, in this photograph I only selected the feet, an often ignored section of the body and it is clear that a man and a woman are being portrayed. The way in which the feet are positioned connotes inferences by their body language so the audience are able to make their own interpretation of what is going on in the photograph. The representation of the man is strong as his feet are spread apart in a confident stance. The woman is shown as being shy and weak and feminine by the type of shoes she has chosen to wear as well as the way in which her feet are positioned.
The environment also adds to the storyline. It is obviously a run down urban area in which the couple have encountered each other.
The CD on the floor further adds to the storyline, suggesting that music brings people together

Examples of portable kit electricon . In these photographs I was aiming to create images in the genre of fashion photography using low key lighting in urban scenes
As you can see, I have put quite a lot of post production work through them as I felt that fashion photography relies quite heavily on this technique to create striking images with dramatic colours and contrast.
Flash set up was with two flashes with a shoot through umbrella to diffuse the light at a high angle replicating butterfly lighting as the light falls directly below which is more flattering to facial features than overhead lighting. f6.3 The fill in light was set at 3.6 and was at a low angle
250s so no background falls into darkness f22 iso 22

A professional commercial studio which is a chain brand that specializes in studio portraits
situated opposite the Corn Exchange in Leeds. The portraits are mainly high key lighting with extreme post production put through them and I feel their work is not great as it appears very cheesy and cliched
Here are some examples:

250s iso 500 f6 Flash on camera set at 1-4
10mm
I did some post production work on this completely changing the lighting
and putting it through an artistic filter on stencil on CS3


250s iso1000 Due to the amount of light and the higher ISO one may lose quality due to the grains but as it is correctly exposed - not under-exposed one does not see the grain coming through which I have noticed on under-exposed shots For this photograph I used one wireless flash at 40 degrees angle to subject 1 to 1
sp 250 F8

The photographs above are in the same style as Lee Jay's work below
. I tried to photograph the skateboard as close as possible to my lens to make the shot unusual and exciting.

by lee J

he says Globe Bowl Bash, Burnley, May 2006 (IIRC). I was always stoked that this got run as I thought I'd messed it up (plus it's a stupid angle haha). The SQ-Ai has about 90% viewfinder so when I shot this, and Rob came closer than I was expecting, his head and arm were chopped off completely in the finder.

These photographs were taken on a 30D with a 10 ml fish eye at 250 with a wireless flash for detailed shadowing and lighting and helped to create a high aperture as I used up to F16

This photo of Tom Harrison above was taken by me with one wireless flash but it is poor quality due to the lack of available light and I should have used more lighting.


the photo by Stephen King is by at the same place and the same skater Tom Harrison
the Senior Photographer of document mag Stephen King
he used 2 wireless flash and 5d 15mm fish eye at 250s

by Stephen King
by Stephen King

photo of Tom Harrison by Sam Ashly Photo Editor/Senior Photographer of Document skateboarding magazine. 6X6 Hasselblad 205tcc 30mm fish eye
with 2 wireless flash

i took the idea of light and shoot it in the same way whith 2 wireless flash
one at 1-1 at the side for the key light see shadow and one at 1-4 facing the stairs
2 get the same results
30d 10mm fish eye 250 f16

photos of Tom Harrison below by me with one wireless flash

30d 10mm fish eye 250s f16 wireless flash 1-1

30d 18mm 250s f8 wireless flash 1-2

30d 10mm fish eye 250s f14 1-2