Execution

Shoot 2 09/10/18

Outside shoot using exclusively natural light

Failed/ disregarded photos due to shadows or discrepancies in the background

Product is angled too far forward

Best

Set up

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Shoot 2 09/10/18 evaluation

The main hinderances in this shoot were the shadows due to only using natural light it was much harder to work around because they can’t be eliminated by repositioning the light source or by using another light source. Also, making sure nothing was in the background was difficult because the patch of grass i was shooting on was very small. Even when taking the photos with the sky as the background I had to avoid phone lines and rooftops getting in frame, those phone lines can be seen in some of my better photos but I am hoping to edit that out of the final pictures if possible.

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Editing

I edited the 3 photos on the left using the free online BeFunky photo editor

Changes : Exposure – Shadows 0 to 72

– Contrast 0 to 35

Fill light – 100%

Editing the shadows makes the image to above 0 starts to brighten the image and makes the image and its colours brighter.

Raising the contrast on the photo makes the colours a lot brighter and stronger.

Original                                                                      Edited

Changes : Exposure – Shadows 0 to 72

– Contrast 0 to 35

– Brightness 0 to 10

Fill light – 100%

Editing the shadows makes the image to above 0 starts to brighten the image and makes the image and its colours brighter.

Raising the contrast on the photo makes the colours a lot brighter and stronger.

Increasing the brightness adds a white overlay at adjustable opacities to make the whole image seem brighter and paler.

Original                                                                      Edited

Changes : Exposure – Shadows 0 to 54

– Highlights 0 to 82

– Brightness 0 to 4

Fill light – 100%

Editing the shadows makes the image to above 0 starts to brighten the image and makes the image and its colours brighter.

Raising the highlights on the photo makes the original highlights even brighter.

Increasing the brightness adds a white overlay at adjustable opacities to make the whole image seem brighter and paler.

Original                                                                      Edited

Changes : Exposure – Shadows 0 to 37

– Highlights 0 to 100

– Brightness 0 to 23

– Contrast 0 to 46

Fill light – 100%

Editing the shadows makes the image to above 0 starts to brighten the image and makes the image and its colours brighter.

Raising the highlights on the photo makes the original highlights even brighter.

Increasing the brightness adds a white overlay at adjustable opacities to make the whole image seem brighter and paler.

Raising the contrast on the photo makes the colours a lot brighter and stronger.

Original                                                                      Edited

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Shoot 4 18.10.18

Lightbox with red background and sheet with ring light blue background

Failed/ disregarded photos due to shadows or discrepancies in the background

 

Best

Set up

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Editing

I edited the 4 photos on the left using the free online BeFunky photo editor

Changes : Blur

– Contrast 0 to 100

Blur applied to background to hide backing materials texture.

Original                                                                      Edited

Changes : Exposure – Shadows 0 to 26

– Contrast 0 to 50

– Blur

Editing the shadows makes the image to above 0 starts to brighten the image and makes the image and its colours brighter.

Raising the contrast on the photo makes the colours a lot brighter and stronger.

Blur applied to background to hide backing materials texture.

Original                                                                      Edited

Changes : Exposure – Contrast 0 to 100

– Blur

Raising the contrast on the photo makes the colours a lot brighter and stronger.

Blur applied to background to hide backing materials texture.

Original                                                                      Edited

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Shoot 4 18/10/18 evaluation

The main hinderance with the light box in this shoot was the positioning of the food as the lighting it provided was already perfect. On the sheet I ran into many problems that led to me not using any of those photos in my final collection. One of the problems I ran into was the sheet’s draping creating shadows with creases, which wouldn’t be a problem if I could blur the background and eliminate them like I have done with the light box backdrops, however the shadows created are so strong they show through the blur. Another problem with this set up was the ring light creating harsh highlights on the happy meals reflective surface which throw off the whole photo.

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Final collection