Working in progress
I have come to the conclusion that I will choose Elie’s style of photography for the project brief 2. His style is simply what I have always been interested in trying to do. What I like the most about his style is how it is not only art but only commercial in some ways. Admittedly, some people would think that this kind of style of photography is so much of an “art”, however, how I see it is that it’s the art that you can sell as well.
What I’m trying to imitate from Elie’s style is ‘urban’ kind of photography, trying to capture the city, the action, the fashion. Then after all the shooting, it’s the editing, the processing part. From his photographs, it is obvious that they are quite moody, high exposure, cool tone, and that is what I’m trying to do. The photograph on the top of the page is the one of the photos from the test-shot. It is a candid. Quite glad of how it came out, then I tried to edit and play around with it to see what I can do to improve the photograph and this is what it turned out.
Tried to play with the tone and the contrast to make it high as Elie’s photographs. Admittedly, it didn’t turn out as good as expected but it’s close enough of what Elie’s style looks like.
Also, I have tried to take photos of shoes to imitate his style it’s mostly fashion kind of photography. Surprisingly, I found taking a photo of a pair of shoes is even more challenging than doing portrait. As you can see that, the aim is to be able to capture the product and to make it engaging somehow. This photo is basically out of focus, which is what I need to work on. The aim for now is to be able to shoot this kind of picture and make it more interesting.
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