Studio (portraits) Assignment Proposal

Self Portrait
For my self portrait I am portraying how I wish others to perceive me which is as a skateboarder. I intend to have myself mid trick looking at the camera whilst wearing typical skateboarding clothes. The background will most likely be a solid colour. My inspiration for this it taken from this advertisement of Paul Rodriguez but it will be slightly more comical as I will be looking at the camera.



Single Portrait
For this shoot I want to have a girl posing with a skateboard for a mens/skateboard magazine the girl will have minimal clothing and be covering themselves with the skateboard. The shot will be similar to the photo below but taken from the waist up.



Group Portrait
For the group portrait i am going to continue the skateboarding theme. I will get some of my mates who skate to do a cover shot like this transworld magazine cover.

Group Portraits

1) f15 ISO400 1/50th
2) f16 ISO400 1/50th
3) f13 ISO400 1/30th
4) f13 ISO400 1/30th

For this shoot we found out the hard way just how tricky group portraits can be. I believe there are many small faults in all the photos: distracting shadows, incorect lighting, concept/composition with no real theme or outstanding idea etc. If revisited, spending more time organising the lighting set up correctly would do wonders for the photos but as it was our first group portrait shoot we cant expect perfect pictures.

Protraits (pairs)

1) 1/30th @ f11
2) 1/30th @ f7.1
3) 1/30th @ f16
4) 1/30th @ f5.6

First three photos taken by David Woltschenko.

To improve this set of shots a larger backdrop would be helpful to create a solid hessian texture rather that reveal parts the underlying wood. Also bringing the subjects forward will help to at least soften the currently harsh shadows.