Tuesday, 24 November 2009

Millennium Images and The Commercial Model

I have decided to do black and white landscapes for the Millennium Images brief. At first I was going to produce portraits as I didn't think that Millennium used a lot of landscapes but after researching the company and having Giacomo Furlanetto come and talk to us I realized that they did like to use landscape photography and so I have decided not to just do your stereotypical landscape work but instead black and white. I've chosen this because I haven't produced black and white landscapes before so it will be a whole new process when it comes to editing the final images. I have produced about  dozen images so far for the project and I'm happy with the process and the images. 

I presented my Commercial Model project to Ian last week and I was happy with the reaction I got from both Ian and my class mates. My first four images I felt were the strongest as I knew exactly what I wanted to produce and how I was going to go about doing that. With the last two I struggled a little bit, I wasn't able to get a female model willing to pose and so I had to ask my girlfriend which she was hesitant about at first. After a little time in front of the camera she began to get used to the process and I started getting the images I wanted. With the first two shoots I used a Canon 5D Mark II whereas I used my own Nikon D80 on the last shoot. I felt I couldn't create the same tonal range that I had in the previous images. If I was to do anything differently I would make sure I could find a model in time that is willing to pose and I would use the equipment that I knew would get the results I desire.

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