Portraits in a formal setting are something I have pretty much avoided up until now and I feel that I gave this assignment a good shot. I also had some good results with the projects in this first part of the course. My tutor's comments on my work seem to reflect this too.
The images I feel are my strongest in the set are Corporate, Reflections and Expression.
Corporate
Reflections
Expression
I was particularly happy with the bleached our contemporary slant of Reflections.
I feel that where I lacked in this assignment was technical ability - most notably my use of flash. I was disappointed to have comments about exposure when usually I don't have any problems in this area. I think that the images that have exposure problems are those where I wasn't comfortable with the use of the light. Perhaps most of my effort went into concentrating on setting up and using flash and artificial light that I took my eye off the ball and the exposure was affected as a result.
Moving forward I need to practice more using flash and available artificial light.
I take on board my tutor's comments that it would be good to shoot some other people and I have some guinea pigs lined up for this!
I will also have a look at more of the photographers he suggested and I will post my views here on my website.
I am hoping that I will find the next part of the course more comfortable as it gives me a chance to work on street photography which is something I have done a bit of before. I think my only concerns will be getting up close and personal with strangers.
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