This was by far my favourite project. I had shoot portraits before in school and enjoyed it very much. At first I was interested in shooting elderly people. It seemed to me that they always had a story about something and I wanted to hear one and try and reflect it in the portrait. I was warned it would difficult but it didn't make a difference as I wasn't able to find a model. After two weeks of asking around I decided I had wasted enough time and looked for a new idea. I decided to shoot Michael as he was a new tutor joining is in the middle of the year and always seemed to be in a good mood and generally nice. I decided to try to reflect that in my portrait of him. I chooses to go with harsh lighting as I thought it would work best with his facial features and as I have always had a liking for it.
I experimented with a pro light only using a mamya RZ, and shooting in aperture F8, F16, using my partner as the model. I was pleased with the results but I still shot just before Michael came in using another model just to make sure everything was in order.
For this project I looked at Jeff Dunas' work. I liked his portraits from before and thought he would be a good inspiration for the project. I focused on his picture of Morgan Freeman. I decided to have my model talking through the entire shoot and shoot the first film at random and the second trying to focus ton his emotions. My final print was chosen from the first film as they look more natural than the others.
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| Test contact sheet for lighting |
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| Contact Sheet before shoot |
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| Contact sheet of shoot |
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| Morgan Freeman by Jeff Dunas |
I really enjoyed the interaction between photographer and model, learning about them before hand and the experience as a whole. I would love to do some more
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