Observations - Shoot Two

In this shoot I have worked from the pictures by
William Klien, looking at this classical style of photography I used lighting to make these high key to fit with with most of the photography in those days, I done this by placing one light facing the wall to get ride of background shadowing and another placed to the side of her, facing the right side of her face. These pictures of my model with a tired look, creates a sultry, feminine feel, it is focused on the one of William Kliens images with a women in bed with the same tired, sultry expression. it has a strong, romantic suggestion to the images, i tried to emphasize the use of different textures of fabrics to add detail and include the inspiration of Richard Avedon's work. I used an ISO of 600 so it was a bright picture to contrast with the black accessories and fabrics on the model.

Moving on in this shoot, I looked at how I could have the model positioned to add elegance and lengh. I made her extend her neck not only to make her look longer but also added a swan like quality to her position, showing the flower being held gently as it is emphasise a elegant, gentle picture also present in most classical photography. The feminine look to these images has helped by the high ISO and shutter speed for a high contrast photo.

I then wanted to focus on her face especially the eyes to capture emotion and intensity, as most pictures I have looked at have models with intense eyes, I like this as it captures the models eyes and complements the black and white picture. I used a lower ISO of 200 here so that the details of the face are not lost with light.