Finished Product - DIY SETUP

EDITED

 I made a copy of the photograph and I direct selected the perfume and the surface and made a copy of that, I used the eyedropper tool and painted the background black! This is the finished product for my DIY setup :)

                                                                      UNEDITED

DIY setup - Product Shot Assignment

I used my iPad screen to make a reflective surface for my DIY setup. I had a mirror that lit up white light and I tried to use that but the brightness didn't show up on the camera. I used the 640 ws Einstein flash unit as my back-up light. The final picture needs editing and cropping but I'm happy with the result. I used a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV for my camera with a SIGMA 50mm lens. This isn't my final product shot as I will be messing with more reflective surfaces and filters in the future. But it's a good start!

For my props I just used some wool hearts that I found lying around the house as I wanted some sort of "valentine" theme for my Creed Perfume. The target audience for this photograph is aimed for women who try to live "luxurious lives".

Proposal and Research / Product Shots !

Alcohol advertisements have always intrigued me since I was little whenever I watched TV and witnessed an advertisement. Alcohol looks extremely fresh and pristine, it doesn't look like it's going to taste bitter and it makes you want to buy it even if you've never considered drinking alcohol before. I find these advertisements to be extremely aesthetically pleasing, especially when the product shot is mid-pour or it's all about the ice cubes and how perfectly clear they are as if they're made for the drink. This product shot has a nice coorelating background that is the colour as the whiskey itself and it gives a nice rustic feel to the photograph. A reflective black flooring adds a nice little touch to the picture to make it less boring. These are the reasons which I picked this photograph in general!

I picked this product photograph because It's very minimalistic but it gets the job done. Black backgrounds are sometimes hard to deal with but I like how it's simplistic and the reflection makes it a bit more appealing. I also like Nutella so this product shot is A1 :) The three different Nutella jars add a bit of a story to the brand itself and even if you strip away the wrapping, you still know what it is.

I wanted to pick a product shot with a landscape background. I like the positioning of the flowers and how fresh it looks which is the cleansers job! I like how the brand incorporated the flower and you can see the background is covered with them even though it's blurry. The packaging itself looks boring but the advertiser done a beautiful job making it look attractive and appealing.

Playing around with Camera RAW

BEFORE :

AFTER: 

Camera RAW is so helpful if you want to quickly edit a photo that you took. I use it all the time whenever my photo doesn't look its best. As you can see in the after picture I made the picture a bit warmer and intensified the black on his hoodie. There are endless possibilities in camera raw and the recent tools I have learned about gave me a better understanding! I didn't even know you could remove pimples on the skin until now.

Headshot Assignment - Different types of Lighting positions.

BROAD

BUTTERFLY

LOOP

REMBRANDT

SPLIT

Portrait Assignment - Messing with the Lighting!

In our lab exam we had to make sure how the lighting in the studio worked. I was really nervous at first and I kept hitting the button once on the lights which was so stupid of me and I realised afterwards, it was humiliating but this is the finished result! I'm extremely happy with how it turned out because there's no shadows or anything and my picture didn't turn out dark at all. Thank god it's over for now :)

Image Production - Playing around with Photoshop

I attempted to do a "Glitch" on one of my portrait shots. This is a Broad portrait shot! 

I stumbled on a website which you can download photos of high quality and I edited one of them! I used skills that helped me throughout my time in the labs. 

This is supposed to be a "Pop art" type of piece. This is another portrait shot I took which is supposed to be a "Loop".

This is a picture that I took that has been on the blog previously and I edited it in a way which the Moon hits his face at just the right amount. I included some little transparent stars :)

I used the direct selection tool and made sure the hair fit perfectly in the background and this is the result. 

Portrait Photography - Headshot Assignment

Photographers name - Phillippe Halsman
Person - Salvador Dalí. 

Expressive, Curious, Mysterious, Magical, Shocked, Frightful, Strange, Bizarre, Weird, Secretive, Compelling, Captivating, Humorous, Simple, Alarming.