HALLOWEEN

INTENTION OF INTENT 208 THEME 2 portraits and events

Theme:-                                                   portraits and events
Title of the theme:-                                  Halloween                          

Intentions/purpose of the photography to be undertaken

Improve my photography skills.
Learn how to use my camera in low light, composition, frames, focal point, setting to my location, perspective properly and using flash only if needed and controlling the exposure on the flash and control exposure with the light around the area . experimenting with my exposure setting and my light comp setting to help get the right lighting and definition into my photos.

Reasons for selection of theme (including inspiration from the work of others)

while looking into David lachapelle work in wanted to capture the change and unreal of people personalities through the camera. bring fantasy into realatie of people and taking this onto my photos using my imagination to help. on Halloween every one played there role in what they dress up as and i wanted to capture this and try and make them look like it part on a film or story behind it.

The photo imaging equipment and medium that will be used and why

i be using my nikon d3000 with a AF- Nikkor 18-55mm lens as this is the only camera i got at this moment

Techniques that will be used and how they will help convey the visual message

 i be using the disco lights and lasers to give my theme its look and angle shoots with give it a more action pack to it by being higher or lower of what I'm focusing on. getting some blurred vision in the shoot will give movement and speed of the event . capturing peoples face expressions and movement will give the impact of fun , joy and emotions within the photo.

How light quality can be used to help convey the visual message

the location is completely dark with very little disco light,lasers and lots of people moving and jumping around so i be only use flash if location is completely dark and putting my shutter speed slower and my ISO to it highest to capture more of the ambient light and the disco light. i be changing the f stop for different light situations and position myself in the areas where the light is behind me to help pick up detail on people.

Safety considerations

1) Be aware of the environment around you.

2) Ask people permission to take there photo before hand to prevent confusion and aggravation of taking there photo

3) making sure there no objects or obstruction our moved away to avoid tripping or fulling over while taking photos

4) making sure of people around you as most are under the  influence of alcohol and not knowing what there doing.

BLUSH

This is the 2nd time Ive taken photos for blush and they are great for different ideas for events. i been ask for several times to take photos for them for the later future and will be doing this for them. with this event it Halloween and i wanted to get all the scary and twisted photos of people in blush in there fantastic outfits. there was alot of great shots that night and the atmosphere was very electrifying, so many opportunities of great images and i nearly taken them all but there was some that didn't come out great as with night life photograph, its always on the go and capturing them quick.  

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This was a photo taken in my house just before we left for blush. my partner was trying to set his fangs to set and at that time i was adjusting the setting on my camera. while i was waiting for him to set i notice a great theme, a clip of a horror film that came to me. first i taken the photo with my flash on and it was just to plan and there was no esscue of fear i wanted, so i switch my flash off and switch the light on in the kitchen then position myself so that the light is just aside of him. there was 3 different tone of lighting to give its definition between him and the background, there is shading of light and shadow that help with detail and that dark theme. one thing that i found on my camera was the the exposure which help me adjust the exposure from the value metered by my camera, making the entire frame brighter,negative values to make it darker. having him completely black help with giving the shape of his figure and not showing his detail give you his dark presseus of him.

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with eric work he wanted to take photo with a fantasy feel, taking his photos to a different world and using unique way of using people and objects to get his vision of peoples dark fantasy without using any special effects. by getting people to dress up and using different themes in the background then get people to please there part, give that effect he wanted. with using blushes halloween party was the best place to get this effect without finding people and getting lots of custumes including blush has decurated to bar so no need to find the theme when it in front of me. with my friend, she was dress as the doll from the saw film so i wanted to play that part of the film but with a twist of humour just like eric work. making sure my main focus was her, my frame was fix just around her and i put it as a portrait so that she is the main focus.    

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carrying on with the film humor twist, i wanted to capture the checks and colour  of her shirt and the main feature was freddies claws so i wanted to get that feel that there coming out of the screen. i angled the shot above her so that her top of her looks bigger and more front, the lower part is smaller and ferther away. so when you see the image the claws our more domimaly the main feature and it looks like it coming to get you.  

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in this photo i wanted to capture the light in  the back and the focus of the model, i had to balance both my flash and the ambient light to get the effect i want. to get this i put the exposure and flash comp right down to help it not drown out the background including you can see the detail of colour of the lights. the red colour was great catch as it help to see the green laser spots that catches your eye. the other thing i like is that you are focus is on her eyes which is only little but a great look that she gives put the mood i wanted. 

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with this one i wanted to angle the shot to make it more dromanic effect its like its from comic book. i angle it so its looking down with her and with this it gave a lot of dimanion to the image. it was quite hard to balance the light in this one as she is wearing black so i had to get it right by putting the iso on the highest and shutter speed on slow so that she didint go completely dark so you couldnt see her at all.the image would be lot better if i had a sepreate flash and defuser which will help with giving more light without exposing the background and drowning it out with the flash, this will help as i would able to put the iso down to get it less grainy in the photo.  

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this one i wanted just to use only the ambient light and not my flash to get image of the night club look, i had to take seveal shots to get the right one as the lights go pretty quick and the people was moving. so i had to take time and pateince to get that right shot were the lights was in the right place and they didnt look blurry due to movement, i had to keep a steady hand too. i love how the lights captured the faces and again angled shot gave it that dimanion i wanted i wanted them to be the main focus so having the background very dark was a great way to do it.

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this is one of my favourite shots as there is lots of colour, defination and detail that just capture your eye. the light which ilumminates behind them and the contrast of colour was in great detail, i use all above settings and features, i would like this as my final image as i didnt need to do any adjustment at all.

with the next couple of photos i carried on doing the method i learnt and played with different themes and got different people expressions that help to show what i wanted. same with david lachepelle work he capture every emosion and expression of people joy or hate it gave the story within the photo.   

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Why did i choose these final images?

I have chosen these photos because it represents the quality im looking for when using portrait and people photography.

After researching David lachapelle photography he wanted you to capture the dark side and fantasy aspect within an image.He wanted to bring imagination in to reality using real life photography

With the photos i have captured and then made a final choice on i beleive i have shown how the camera can capture the essence of peoples emotions and take on the persona of the character their costume is portraying, including using the right lighting and shadow to create the atmosphere and set the scence.

bullit student night

INTENTION OF INTENT 208 THEME 2 EVENTS

Theme:-                                                   EVENTS
Title of the theme:-                                  student night                          

Intentions/purpose of the photography to be undertaken

Improve my photography skills.
Learn how to use my camera in low light, composition, frames, focal point, setting to my location, perspective properly and using flash only if needed and controlling the exposure on the flash and control exposure with the light around the area .

Reasons for selection of theme (including inspiration from the work of others)

I'm a very outgoing guy and like night life, events and festivals. I love an atmosphere, the joy and fun people have in a busy place, showing this is the best way to get the impact i want and i love taking photos of this. When I'm taking photos of venues and events people enjoyed you can see what there lives are like and share their moment in the photos.When taking photos you can make it as fun as you want and capturing that joy and joining in with it is the best way to get a great picture.


The photo imaging equipment and medium that will be used and why

i be using my nikon d3000 with a AF- Nikkor 18-55mm lens as this is the only camera i got at this moment

Techniques that will be used and how they will help convey the visual message

 i be using the disco lights and lasers to give my theme its look and angle shoots with give it a more action pack to it by being higher or lower of what I'm focusing on. getting some blurred vision in the shoot will give movement and speed of the event . capturing peoples face expressions and movement will give the impact of fun , joy and emotions within the photo.

How light quality can be used to help convey the visual message

the location is completely dark with very little disco light,lasers and lots of people moving and jumping around so i be only use flash if location is completely dark and putting my shutter speed slower and my ISO to it highest to capture more of the ambient light and the disco light. i be changing the f stop for different light situations and position myself in the areas where the light is behind me to help pick up detail on people.

Safety considerations

1) Be aware of the environment around you.

2) Ask people permission to take there photo before hand to prevent confusion and aggravation of taking there photo

3) making sure there no objects or obstruction our moved away to avoid tripping or fulling over while taking photos

4) making sure of people around you as most are infuclust of acholol and not knowing what there doing.

BULLET

Bullet was a very busy club with loads of people with load of personalities and different active people. it was under 18 night so the atmosheive so loud and wild, i had take take loads of snaps to get the right one. including in the club was very dark with very little lighting not compere to my last event in did at blush. this is give me the opportunities to play with my built in flash as i didn't have a flash to use yet but give me the chance to practice my effect i wanted before i upgrade  to a better accorieres for my camera. the night was very interesting, as i said the place was full of different people so there was no theme or organisation with taking the photos and the models wasn't very cooperative so every photo counts.

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when looking into Eric hamlinton work he wanted to capture the colours and people impressions into his work. i wanted to capture this myself and getting the right lighting is assetroual to get this. using the lights and combinding my flash, i manged to get a great detail without drowning it out with the brightness that my flash sometimes covers and by getting this i found a setting on my camera that will help by using exposure setting and the flash comp. i have notice that if i lower both setting it balances the light out and darkens it without making to dark that you cant see the people in the picture.  

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as the place is completely dark there some places that using the flash is not useful. as with this piture using the flash make it look plain not had no impact i wanted. so switching it off and taking the shoot just at the right time when the lights our facing me so this then shines on the people and the bars give a dimenion  of depth and shape of the club, giving it a smooth feeling of the theme. the two colours red and blue was a great pattern that relaxed off the mirror of the end of the room that shoew the crowd in the background then the blue light give the edge of the people at the front, it work wounderful together.

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in this one there was a area were it was lighten up nicely in the corner and i have notice that the mirror in the corner was catching quite well with the crowd i wantedcthe capture the art side of it and would love to get it alittle more clearer but only using my built in flash would only make it to bright and putting the iso back done would only make it to darker. to improve this i would get my self a seprate flash and use a flash defuser would help me keep it bright enough while putting the iso to around 200 to clear the image up.

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this was a great shoot by capturing all the colours again which taken about 6 shots intil i found the right one including keeping myself steady so it doesnt blur up. i love how the decs lights and it shine out and capturing the lab top was great. the green swirls of the light in the corner was a great effect and shade of lights that glows on people and objest give a good detail in this picture.

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with david work capturing lights was a great shoot and i wanted to do this myself and capturing the mist which was at the right side was a great effect of a great impact of fun and joy with the people in the club. this photo was a great portrait picture these people and i wanted to take them without making them look to dark so balancing the lights and the flash is esstrual with this shot.

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with both images capturing there faces is the main fact i wanted to focus on by  capturing there colour, complexion while making the background more darker so the main focus is them. 

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again its all in the main focus on the people and then darken the back ground, with david work this is the impact he wanted and showing all imperation of the night life with in the picture as again seen in the picture below. 

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With the next couple i combine this tecnect to see how it came out and was a great success with them and i was pleased how they come out and combinding these was a great way to get what i wanted in my photos.

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now i wanted to play with my iso setting to see how much difference between a high iso to a low one looks with using this massive lighting that the club had in there entrance hall.

ISO 600

ISO 300

ISO hi 1

with the 3 pictures you can see the difference between the lighting, the texture and graning of the image that you get when using a hi ISO. David has surgested to use ISO 200 when using a flash with a difuser. with using the difuser it stops the light going straight forward which lightens the background which doesnt give the main focus of the people and blinds out the lights in the club and doesnt get the theme you want. with the difuser, the light is broken up and spreaded to the side which lighten the people up but keeps the back dark which give there main focus.

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with these final picture again combinding my flash, ISO and the light around me to get what i wanted and with these photos i wanted to warm it up abit so i have adjusted the contrast and colour to get that winter warm by making the white light more yellow and orange look and tanning people faces giving it more colour to them has gave that touch i wanted. as i noticed with david work, he wanted to play with colour and he said more colour the better , getting people with different colours and putting the contrast higher sharpens it up and catches your eye more with every patterns and colours that makes you feel brighter and happier, a warm feeling within these pictures.

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I have chosen these photos because it represents the quality im looking for when using night photography.

After researching eric hamlintons photography he has said when taking photos in a nightlife environment you must capture not only the expressions of people but the movement and sound of the area.

With the photos i have captured and then made a final choice on i beleive i have shown how the camera can capture the essence, movement and sound that surrounds the subjects in the photograph.

comparing and trying to get the same work as eric hamlinton

eric's work

with eric wok i wanted to capture using low light areas with out drowning it out with using any flash  and capture all the colours, patterns and texure. 

my work!!

with my work i have gotten this with two different events and two different lighting as the 1st ones are in a much brighter area with the djs desks has been lighten up and easy to take the image of the dj showing all the texure and detail of her. now the 2nd one, there is no light at all and i didnt want to drown it out with my flash as i till need a flash and diffures to help with this but he has the light that he uses to see what he doing on his desks so i use this to give this effect and illumate the areas i wanted which help quite alot.