Studio practise and being creative

This semester I found the technical and editing side of digital image production really challenging. I was asking Chris for assistance when shooting, a lot, so I decided to dedicate some time to extra shoots, to really learn about, lighting, settings on the camera, and problem solving. I love photography and found I have a real passion and love for it. I found that when I'm just being creative and doing spontaneous shoots, I'm a lot more relaxed and able to solve issues. I'm able to do this with little to no stress. I found that I know a lot more than I thought and that if I use my spare time to experiment I will feel more comfortable in more pressured situations. 

I was looking through Instagram and found some really beautiful images. The makeup was based around colour, glitter, and highlighting. I really wanted to just go into the studio and be spontaneous and creative and see what the outcome was. The only thing I planned was the hair. I wanted to donut buns either side and have them glittery. I also used some of my diamond hair accessories I used from last semester to put into the buns to give them a little extra sparkle. I then fit my makeup around this. 

I also used some pink glitter fabric and wrapped it around my sister to create a top. I then accessorised this with some bright coloured diamond earrings. I wanted this look to be bright and beautiful with a quirky twist to make it modern. 

Photography settings 

Below is the studio set up I used. I kept my camera settings the same  as previous studio sessions but played with the light settings and aperture if needed. I used the same settings as my brand shoot. I love the effect of the spotlight so I wanted to use this as I feel its a great way of focusing on the makeup.

1. I set the camera up about a metre away from this from the set up. 
2. The computer was next to me and connected to my camera with the tether cable. so that I could change the settings and see what I was doing. 
3. I used a 50mm lens, SD Card, Hot shoe adaptor.
4. Camera setting were: Manual, Daylight, Raw camera image, ISO 100, Aperture 1/160.
5. I altered the aperture if needed to create the brightness I was after but only after changing the light settings either by, turning the power up or down on the over light. 
6. I used to black poly boards to keep the light on my model. This also helped keep the surroundings of my model blacked out.
7. I used The spotlight fixture to create the spotlight effect.
8. I also played with the gels, pink, purple, and red.