TRIAL 1.  

• with this shot, I was in control of the framing, lighting setup
• we placed the subject about a metre away from a window, with a slightly stronger light source than other positions in the room
• Facing the subject on a slight diagonal towards the light gave a softer light effect wrapping around the subjects face.
• I think the composition of the shot is alright, initially I intended it to be a close up of the face to highlight more shadow and i wanted the subject of centre with a bit of headroom. ultimately he moved a lot and I didn’t operate the camera so it wasn’t as clean as it could’ve been. NOTE TO SELF; follow the subject through movement.

TRIAL 2. WITH ME IN IT

• this shot I was in so I didn’t control how it was set up
• I personally feel like there is too much negative space on the left, perhaps a closer shot or the subject being more in the last third would be better.
• good headroom
• I particularly like to note how different the light shadow falls by simply changing a few degrees of the face direction. I really love how that can change the perspective of the shot.
• overall the shots are really well exposed and I actually prefer them in black and white, I think it allows the light to be more definitive and is easier to deconstruct my minimising the colour within the frame.