FUJIFILM STUDENT AWARDS-Evaluation of Natural Objects shoot

The natural objects photoshoot went well, unfortunately I was unable to access location lighting for the shoot, however I waited until early afternoon to use the softer natural light that was available to me. Overall I am very pleased with the images I have produced, however some images I believe are more useful to help in the second shoot, with the body positions as the position is more obvious.

I started off by collecting objects that I could see around me, for example, this pine cone that I found on the floor, it initially grabed me as being an eye catching and unusual shape. The object is interesting however I soon began to realise that when thinking of putting the body into similar shapes I needed some more flowing and curved lines to work with. Opposite are a few other examples of the natural objects I collected, that again haven't inspired me to use the body.

I started to focus on two objects that I think work really well with my idea of the body. Shells and flowers. The shells have some strong natural lines and curves, the flowers are much more delicate yet still have good strong lines and curves to work with. I can already start to see the replicable postitions in both the flowers and shells that I can work with.

Here are examples of some of the flowers I used, I would actually like to use all of them, although some I find are more delicate and more realistic when thinking of ways to put the body into these positions. My particular favourite are the bottom two images on the right, which I think are the most delicate and beautiful, they give a sense of feminity, which is good as this personifies the flower, with me using a female model, it adds to the sincerity of the image as a pair to the model. I am going to look at the positions of all the flowers and see if I can draw some examples of how I think the body can be positioned in a similar way, hopefully making the images I have in mind a reality.

 

Here are some examples of the shells that I have photographed. I have tried to focus on the curves and lines of the shell itself, looking at different angles that I can see best fit the body. I particularly like the shape of the top right image as I can see how the body can be shaped into this frame. These are much stronger shapes that I can use within my images, I don't yet know whether these will be easier or harder to recreate than the images of the flowers, again I am going try and sketch some possible positions for the body to be put it, which will recreate the shape of the shell. 

 

I feel that this shoot went well, it was unfortunate that I couldn't use the lighting as planned, however I have worked well with the resorces that I had. I will now use these images as inspiration for the body images.