WK 3 Portfolio

This weeks portfolio i planned to visit different second hand shops in south auckland and let my husband model inside the shops but that did not happen so i photographed in my garage.This weeks outfit is a kimono.The traditional garb of the Japanese is revamped in the latest wave of contemporary kimono couture. It is no wonder that kimono means "thing to wear" in Japanese. Often, the kimono denotes a t-shaped, full-length robe with long sleeves worn by men, women and children; however, these fashionable finds use the robe as a jumping point of inspiration for my portfolio.The kimono proves the saying that everything comes back in fashion, since it has been around since the 5th century A.D.Unfortunately luck was not on my side this week i had prebooked the lighting kit for this weeks shoot but i was not able to grab that instead the technician gave me a strobe light but that did not work!!!! i tried every possible way to make that strobe light to work.So instead i used my inbuilt flash for my lighting.

Techniques: i used the built in flash,trying different vantage points,bulb light
materials:kimono,newspaper for the head band,cardboards,other props because i have no idea what they are called.70D,respirator mask
I edited the images in camera raw basically i wanted the models face and outfit to be distinct after visiting the auckland museum and seeing that their light techniques is very important to get clear detail images.The outfit is also to commemorate the bombing at Hiroshima: On May 27, Barack Obama became the first sitting president to visit Hiroshima, where tens of thousands of Japanese people lost their lives when the United States dropped the first atomic bomb in 1945.

 the images above as you can see i placed cardboards for the backdrop and on the left side of the frame you can see car tyres i used newspaper to collaborate with my theme as a head piece.The model is placed in the centre of the frame using the flash and a bulb light to capture this.

FINAL IMAGE 3

I choose to use this image for my final image which would be different from the rest because his eyes are showing which was very disputable from the rest After a hard discussion with Carolyine and the class this wont be put up but would be used a artist statement.

This was taken from a low vantage point the model was sitted using the same background

Using the same background i made the model hold an electric drill i found in the garage changing his poses and vantage point.

For the image above i placed a red towel behind the model he is looking downwards i cropped the sides using camera raw.For this images unfortunately i didnt make it to the final cut because it ddint really pair with the other images chosen,the image wasnt sharp and the models gaze was onto the camera.I chose two images from this shoot as a token of appreciation to my husband.