Final Six

These are my final six images

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I chose these images purely as they were the best composed and most highly detailed shots of the set. Out of about thirty various images taken, these six were both given high praise from both myself and others, and did receive more verbal feedback regarding the visual qualities, which was what I was after.


Top Two Images

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These were the top few images I chose that work well. Again, the chiaroscuro effect works well in my favour casting a sinister mood over the audience. The victim and the villain are clearly distinguished from the make up. We also added a pot of basil into the image. In Renaissance paintings, objects were placed into images by artists to send a message to the audience. In these times, a pot of basil signified murder. Although most things seem to have worked, what didn't work as well was the use of tungsten. I find flash worked a lot better, and the sinister qualities still seemed to remain in the image.

Post Processing

For all images used, a minimal amount of photoshop was used. I tend to use a program software on my laptop 'Windows Live Photo Editor'. I have used this software in the majority of my work over the past two years, and used this to produce a HDR-style edit. This involved draining the highlights out of the image, and increasing the saturation and contrast at a steady and similar level.