In this weeks workshop, I worked with India Hicking to take some photos of strangers in preparation for our portrait brief. The first images we took were not that great:
The first two images are close-ups, and because we found it quite nerve-wracking we took these very quickly and consequently the focus is slightly out. If the focus wasn’t out, I would’ve really liked them. The third image was taken and we were under the impression that the aperture was quite low (around 2) but the depth of field isn’t as shallow as we would’ve liked so we changed this later on. So overall I liked the framing of these three images but because we rushed they aren’t as technically sound as I would like them to be.
I absolutely love these next images:
I think my favourites of these images are the last two, the girl was quite shy at first but opened up and became more confident and I think this makes for a better image. The focus is also much better on this set of images compared to the last ones, although it still might be a tiny bit out as I think they are all focused more on her nose than her eyes.
This week I will be going out and taking images of strangers off campus.