For my second emulation, I chose to emulate a photograph from imawoman.tumblr.com in black and white. I chose this photo in particular as it reflects self image and the way society perceives beauty which is an issue that people encounter frequently. I also chose it because black and white photos emphasise shape and form which is something that I want to employ within my photography work.
To create the writing upon the model's face, I used eyeliner to draw on everything and used the original photo as a reference so that the result in terms of the makeup was more accurate. I also decided to use clothing similar to the original photo so that the results would be closer to the image I was emulating. For this photoshoot, I chose to use the camera on my phone in order to experiment with the quality of the photograph as well as exploiting the zoom on the camera.
After I took a range of photographs (contact sheet below), I went through each photo and decided upon one with the best depth of field and had the model in a position similar to the model in the original picture. I used photoshop in order to change the levels so that the exposure was improved as well as changing the picture to black and white and then edited the contrast and brightness to bring out the shape and form of the shape like the original photograph does. Not only this, but the contrast made the hat darker which meant that it was a much more similar tone to the hat the model in the original image is wearing.
How to improve:
- Change positioning of lighting
- Stand further away from subject and use the zoom function on the camera to create similar framing to the original image
- Change the positioning of the face of the model
- Use a different camera e.g. DSLR camera
Contact Sheet:
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