My test shots, development and final image for my portrait fine art photography.

1. Test Photo’s, development and
final Photograph for Portrait –
Fine Art -
BY JACK O’REGAN

2. Test Photos and Development
For my portrait fine art photo, I will be using a female
model. I wanted to use a female who is older as I
wanted to experiment on how I can produce a fine art
portrait photo. I intend to use effects with glitter and
test how it can work with different lighting and using
the settings on the camera as well. For example, iOS,
shutter speed and aperture. I have been looking at
Tyler Shields work on fine art portrait photography
and I found it very interesting. I like the way he
experiments with certain styles. He uses a diverse set
of styles and a range of ages in his work and I wanted
to set the task of experimenting my self with this type
of photography.

3. Test Photos and Development
First, I wanted to play around with lighting and
how it can effect the models appearance. I also
got the model to mess her hair up as in Tyler
Shields photos, he makes his models look crazy
and absurd. I tried to experiment with the
shutter speed and how long it was on for to try
and get a certain effect. In the photos, I tried to
see how the IOS, Shutter speed and aperture
works and experimented to see how it works
when taking photos of a model indoors. I feel I
need to improve on how lighting works inside
an how natural light is weaker inside then
outside.

4. Test Photos and Development
I got the model to change position and look
certain ways to see how I could use it for my
final photo. I also played around with getting
closer and further away to see how that could
effect the photo. I feel as if the closer up to the
model, the more it stands out. I feel this is
because when looking at the image, you are set
closer to the model and it sets of more feelings
e.g. uncomfortable or getting into someone's
personal zone which makes them think about
the photo more and looks at the image longer
then when the photo is further away.

5. Test Photos and Development
I like the way Tyler Shields focus’s on the lips and
how they can interpret different styles of art and
actions. I like the way he uses smoke and glitter
which causes the image of the photo to look
destructive as he is trying to set a message. In
mine, I want to the message to be on the line of
being of a older person, but they can still show
their beauty from within and how they feel about
them selfs.

6. Test Photos and Development
I wanted to test the hair style on the model.
I wanted half her face to be covered to
cover half her identity. I felt like it could be a
message as in hiding who we are but then
we hold the beauty inside us of who we are
( which will be the glitter).I feel it is
important to have a message in the portrait
photo as it will let the viewer think what its
about and why it it taken in this way. I still
need to improve on lighting and I need to
change the background of the model. I feel
lighting is very importing for this type of
style of fine art.

7. Test Photos and Development
I played around with lighting and how it effected the
settings on the camera. I also wanted to see how it
would effect the model. I felt if the background was
dark and the model was lit up by a small light from
the bottom, it would make the model look to creepy
and look as if in a horror scene. I feel I need to have
the model brightened up and to have that set focus
on what the message is in the photo. I set the IOS
low and made the shutter speed slower to have the
image more brighter.

8. Test Photos and Development
In these photos, I experimented on close
ups of the models mouth with glitter. I
added more glitter in the end because I
wanted the more of a effect. I like the
way the glitter had the effect of running
down the models face, I feel this gave of
a more interesting effect. I feel as if I will
have the model look forward towards the
camera for the final shot because I want
the photos to be more intimidating. I
tried a different background in these
photos but I feel it pulled to much focus
away from the model which I did not like.

9. Test Photos and Development
In these final images, I got the model to look forward and
used a white background. I got the model to spit the
glitter out and took a range of shots to see how it will
turn out for the final shot. I felt it worked out well and I
know how to take the image for the final shot. The glitter
can be brighten up in after effects and I might use photo
shop to add more of an effect to the glitter. If I do feel
that the background does need to be dark or just black, I
will also do this in Photoshop and light room. When
using the camera settings, I need to focus on the IOS
being a bit higher. I don’t want the glitter to be blurred
so I will use a fast shutter speed to capture it in detail.

10. Final Photo
This is my final portrait photo. I used the shutter
speed on 1/800, I used IOS 800 and a aperture of
11f. I like how the glitter effect works in this
image. When I edit this photo I may crop it to
just have a focus on the lips and glitter. My next
set is to figure out how I will use adobe light
room with this image and how I can use the
tools I learnt on Photoshop to make the glitter
effect more effective. I also need to figure out if I
am going to crop the image down or if I will use
the full face of the model. I feel I am heading
towards cropping the image as I feel it will have
more of an effect of the message I want to show.

11. Final Photo
This is a quick trial of how the photo would
look if I was to crop it and I feel it works well.
This because the hair covers half the face and
the glitter is the main focus. I feel it sets a
better message and it can be brightened up
using adobe light room. I feel I will smooth
the skin more on photo shop to have more of
a appeal like in Tyler Shields photography
shots.