Final Studio Assignment Final Image - Portrait shoot

Indie Gibson Solid Shape style guitar with male model

Below is my final image for my portrait portfolio. This image has had some post processing work in photoshop, the contrast and blacks have been increased and the curves adjusted until I was happy with the final result. I chose to convert the image to black and white as I felt that this lead to more contrasting shot - the head of the guitar and the models t.shirt being black anyway, I have not lost any colour detail. 

When I wrote my proposal for this shoot, it was my intention to keep the guitar the main focus of the image, despite it being a portrait shot.

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Final Studio Assignment Final Image - Product Shoot 2

Indie Gibson style Solid Shape guitar 

Below is my final image for my second product portfolio piece. This image has had some work in photoshop to remove dust that was reflecting light just behind the strings around the pickups and on the pickguard. As much as I tried to remove this dust before and during the shoot and work with different lighting positions, the dust remained an issue so my best option was to remove it during the post production. The image has had the contrast increased in photoshop and the saturations increased to draw out the green of the guitar body.

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My reasoning for choosing this image over the other final images I selected was because I feel that this image captures the characteristic shape of the Gibson style guitar. The shape of the body is defined by the reflections on the points of the curves and I feel that the eye is drawn to these areas first then around the other main features of the guitar which are emphasised by reflection; the tuning dials, the pickboard and to some degree the strings.

Final Studio Assignment Final Image - Product Shoot 1

Palenque Butterfly Pendant

Below is my final image for my product portfolio shoot.

This image has had some alterations in Lightroom; contrast, blacks, clarity and green saturation have all been increased to draw out the colours and add a sharpness too the image. 

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 This was not originally the photograph I intended to use to fulfil this brief, but on further thought and analysis I decided to use this image. With regards to my original proposal it was my intention to take the description of "Palenque"(see below) and "create a contrived and visual representation of it with the item of jewellery."

http://95.131.66.165/~palenqu2/index.php/about

When I researched images of "Palenque" which the jewellery store is based on, (a Mayan city state from 7th Century Southern Mexico) images I found, (see example photograph below) were lush and vibrant greens and it is with this image that I feel that description and feel is more aptly portrayed.

http://www.aventura-mag.com/ENGLISH/Adventures/Mexico/chiapas.html

I feel my other final images which I chose this image from strayed slightly from the original concept, whilst I prefer some of the tones and contrast that are in the other images, I have created a more autumnal feel (see example below) and this wasn't what I intended in my original proposal as I have stated above.

Final Studio Assignment - Portrait Shoot

 Gibson Solid Shape Guitar with male model

Below are the final images I will choose from for my final portrait shoot. This shoot was of a Gibson Solid Shape guitar and a male model. As with the product shoot involving the gibson Solid Shape guitar, the main issue I had with this photoshoot was the reflection that the dust gave off, making it very obvious in a lot of the images, depeinding on the positioning of the setup. My solution to this was to photoshop it out as with the previous product shoot. 

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