Initial Ideas

Idea 1 

Projection

For this Idea I would like to explore the connection between people and images/videos.

I want to present this idea by projecting the image/video onto the model.

High Key – Simple high key portrait maybe with the face illuminated by the projection. (Head and shoulders)

Low Key – A more informal/personal image, wider angle, with much more focus on the projection

Still life – A simple image of the projected image/video.

Well lit, hard lighting

(Low key and High Key will work best together) 

Who to use?

Rita?

•         Local
•         Both benefit as she needs me to take some new headshots for her 
•         Experience being photographed
•         Both comfortable with each other 

What to use for the projecting?

• Electronic projector  (Digital image/Video) 
• Old fashioned projector  (Image printed on acetate  
• The lights themselves  (Image printed on acetate and attached to barn doors) 

Idea 2 

Coloured Lighting 

For this idea I want to explore coloured lighting and the connotations colour holds. Exploring the ways in which we interpret colours and the stereotypical attitudes behind them.

High Key – Simple high key portrait, very much focused on the model, their clothing etc. (Full body)

Low Key – Using coloured lighting to contrast/juxtapose the model. E.g. Using pastel pink lighting to shoot a lad. 

Still Life – Unsure at the moment. Possibly photographing the models possessions in similar light.

(All three image may work well together)

Who to use?

As the ethos of this idea is using a light source to contrast a person/a persons appearance I will have to choose a model who could constitute a stereotype.

E.g. Quite/innocent/feminine or Manly/aggressive  

What to use for lighting?

Masculine 

•Soft lighting

•light colours pallet (pinks,blues)

•pastle tones 

Feminine

•Hard/sharp lighting

• Dark coulor pallet (blacks,grays,blues)

•Bold/strong tones 

Idea 3 

Passion

This idea focuses on the subject more than the lighting.

I want to document creative people producing there work.

High Key – Simple high key image

Or

High key image showing the persons passion, quite corporate in style. 

Low Key – The model doing there passion e.g. painting, playing an instrument etc.

Still Life – A still life of the work produced

(I think all three could work together but more likely Low key and still life)

Who to use?

•Painter

•Illustrator

•Musician

How to shoot?

I want to document the artist doing what ever their passion is whether that be painting a picture, producing/play a music etc.

Depending on the specific passion the lighting will change but I would once again like to incorporate colour into the images.

The lighting will also change depending on the model e.g. one musician may reflect a very soft, harmonious lighting set up where as another may reflect a hard, dark, atmospheric lighting set up.