I booked out both the studio and a medium format camera and used my classmate, Shane, as a model. Before the shoot took place, we discussed outfits he could wear to fit the context of this assignment, we put together stone washed jeans, white t shirt and timberlands. I found it quite difficult the styling because neither of us own 60s clothing. When looking at Bailey's work I noticed that he often includes the edge of his film in his photographs, I want to try a simular approach when printed, however it was more difficult than I initially thought. Because the enlargers aren't made for medium format film, we had to create a frame large enough to expose all of the film, including the edge of it.
How do I feel it went?
Overall I feel the shoot was successful. I'm happy with how I did the lighting, I was successful in keeping the background grey however still keeping the model well lit.
What didn't go very well?
Annoyingly, I feel that I placed the model in the wrong place, because of this you can see the curvature of the infinity wall. If I was to do this shoot again I would shoot the photographs against the infinity wall instead of adjacent to it.
Conclusion
Other than a few tiny issues that are easily fixed, I'm happy with the photographs. I feel that I was successful in showing my inspiration was david Bailey. I like the contrast between the blacks and whites. One thing that I would like to change would be the styling.
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