Pleased with the images I took for the advert, however I will be re-shooting. I showed her the images I had saved to show her the poses and it was so easy to shoot with her.
I am really happy with the way the light had hit her cheek bones, as well as the contrast between her skin, wig and the background. The wig doesn't look unnatural which is most important, but at the same time we can see that it is a wig. It also reminds me of a summer hat that we'd wear to protect our faces from the Sun.
The face charts and the list of products are the same as my original designs that was posted in my 'Final Advert Face Charts' post.
Here are my favourite photos for the highlighter. While shooting I had in mind that I had to add the quote and logo so I left some space, I can always crop the image later. Somewhere at the level of her collar bone/ shoulder I want to have the logo and the quote, or maybe have the quote in the level of the wig - I will play with the positioning once I get to the post-production. As you can probably see, the light was on the left, directed to her cheek bone. I shot in one of the booths on the fourth floor. Everyone was shooting that day and I couldn't use the Canon 550D, the guy in the hutch gave me a 500D which worked just as well. She was sat on a chair while I was moving around taking images from different angles to find the one where the lighting is falling perfectly on her cheek bone - I used the beauty dish.
The images that captured the highlighter best are the first and second below, as well as the fifth, sixth and eight. When it comes to poses, The most beautiful was the one that I shot from below, fourth image, and I also like the ones where she was turned to the side better than the ones shot from the front (ninth, tenth).
First image
Second image
Third image
Fourth image
Fifth image
Sixth image
Seventh image
Eight image
Ninth image
Tenth image
The lips I don't like because they kept going really patchy and the light was picking up on that a lot. If it is a lipstick advert, I need the lips to look flawless. Next time I will use a lip liner and Red Lip Pigment by MAC that I have as I think it will apply more evenly.
Most of the lip shots were from the front, as I said I wanted them to be ('Poses For My Adverts' post). The images where she had her chin up looked best, in my oppinion, as the lips really stood out - sixth and seventh image, but I like the second image as well.
The light in the first image was still on the left side, as I wanted to have more options and see what looks best, but then I put the light just above my head, having the light reflecting directly to her face as it made the lip colour look more even. I didn't shoot only trom the front, I moved to all sides, again, to have more options later.
The third and seventh image are the two I'd choose to edit for my advert, if I had to.
First image
Second image
Third image
Fourth image
Fifth image
Sixth image
Seventh image
Then I decided to start playing with the camera settings, as when I did my test shoot I did use a setting that made the image warmer. I found an image of the camera settings on the Canon website, to tell you exactly which settings I used to get what image, as I can't remember the names of each one by heart.
White Balance Settings
Canon 500D
Canon website
(source: http://support-sg.canon-asia.com/contents/SG/EN/8200495000.html
Accessed: Mar 25 2016)
The first setting I tryied was the third icon (shade) which made the exposure higher. I didn't like it - too bright (first image). Next I tried the sixth setting (Flourecent Light) but it made the one of the image too cool, so I tried the setting next to it, that Simon showed me, which creates a warm tone (Tungsted Light). This made Jazmine's skin look so perfectly bronzed when I photographed her ('Testing The Lighting For My Advert' post), but because Beth has a much darker skin tone than her, and in combination with the blonde wig, I really don't like it (third-eight image).
First image
Second image
Images 3-8
Model: Beth Kabuga
Date of photoshoot: Mar 23 2016
My next shoot will be between April 5th and 8th, when both me and Beth come back in Southampton / when she is free. I will be using the camera settings that I normally use, without the warm/cool tones and will be using different lip products. The products for the highlighter advert will be the same, but I will blend it a bit more as it does look slightly unnatural.
Also, I used only black background in both shoots, but next time I will use both gray and white, then see what looks best.
Also, I used only black background in both shoots, but next time I will use both gray and white, then see what looks best.
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