Cameras, Settings and Equipment

The cameras we were using were (sfgs). We were shown the settings on the cameras that were best for beauty shots. First of all we were told to have the camera on the 'M' setting (for Manual), the iso to be set to 100 and the shutter speed to 1/160. e were also told about the other equipment we would be using:

First off, we were told that we would need:

• A Flat hot shoe adaptor to use the camera.
• An SD memory card.
• A USB memory stick or portable hard drive.

I got a 4gb SD memory card and a 16gb memory stick. we were then told about what the equipment we were using and what it all does.

Hot Shoe Adaptor:
This is used to put onto the camera to plug the flash into.

Tripod:
What the camera is attached to for positioning and so that the camera stays still.

Sync Lead:
The lead that is used to plug the flash into the camera. The plugs into the hot shoe adaptor.

Spill Kill:

This is put on the flash in order to direct light.

Reflector:

These are materials used (normally white, silver or black) under the face/shoulders to reflect light onto the face. These help to brighten the face, fill in pores and flatter the skin. 

Modelling Bulb and Flash Tube:

These together make up the flash. The flash can be turned up or down to control how harsh or soft the lighting is.

Booms:

Normally what the flash is attached to, can be moved easily and mini ones used mainly for shots when model is sat down.

Beauty Box:

Can be used instead of a Spill Kill for softer lighting.

Polyboards:

These are big boards that can be used like the reflectors and can be used in different ways for different effects. These are normally back or white. White for reflecting the light and making it brighter ad black for creating shadow and contour.

Umbrellas:
There are two different types of umbrellas, a shoot-through and a reflective umbrella. The shoot-through is used to soften the light and the reflective is used to make the face brighter. 

Explanation of Brief

For this module, our brief was to:

1. Using a white, grey or black backround, produce one colour and one black and white beauty portrait emphasizing natural beauty. We had to produce three photographs for each, showing the front, side and back of the head. The theme was 'the perfect base' and we were tld to take into account the skin tones of our model and to use minimum Photoshop.

2. To create a mood board to explore the concept of natural beauty and to include research into the chosen colour palette.

7 Photographs that Changed Fashion and the Photographers

Rankin (born John Rankin Waddell)
He is an English photographer, famous for his fashion and portrait photographs and for being the founder of the magazines RANK, Another Man, Another Magazine and Hunger. He has worked with many famous make-up artists, including Alex Box, the co-founder and creative director of Illamasqua. They collaborated together to bring out the book Alex Box by Rankin, a book of 40 portraits shot by him. He has also worked with a number of celebrities, including Marilyn Manson, Debbie Harry, Liv Tyler and Katy Perry. In the BBC show Seven Photographs That Changed Fashion, Rankin recreated some of his favourite images from iconic photographers David Bailey, Erwin Blumenfeld, Cecil Beaton, Helmut Newton, Herb Ritts, Guy Bordin and Richard Avedon.

David Bailey
He was born in 1938 and is a photographer from London. He is very well known for his use of black and white with his portraits, one of his most famous images is a photograph of Jean Shrimpton, taken in 1963. He also shot celebrities such as Mick Jagger, the Kray twins, John Lennon and Paul McCartney. More recently he has photographed Kate Moss, Johnny Depp and Will Smith.

Erwin Blumenfeld
He was born in Berlin in 1897. His best known work as the cover of Vogue in January 1950, known as the ‘Doe Eye’. The shot was of Jean Patchett and most of it was erased, only leaving her mouth, a beauty spot and one eye. During the 1940s and 1950s he was one of the highest paid photographers in the world.

Cecil Beaton
He was born in Hampstead in 1904. His ‘Hat Box’ image was featured on the cover of Vogue in 1934.

Helmut Newton
He was born in 1920 in Berlin. His shot of Rue Aubriot wearing the famous Yves Saint Laurent suit taken in 1975 was taken in Paris in 1975.

Herb Ritts 
He was born in in LA in 1952 and is also very well known for his black and white photography. He shot the image ‘Fred with Tires’.

Guy Bourdin 
He was born in Paris in 1928. He was a very famous fashion photographer especially during the 1970s. He shot for companies such as Chanel and Versace and worked for Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue.

Richard Avedon

He was born in in New York in 1923. He worked closely with Dovima, an American model and shot the image ‘Dovima with Elephants’ in 1955. The dress she is wearing in the image was the first evening dress designed by Yves Saint Laurent when he was assisting Christian Dior. The image sold for over a million dollars in 2010.

Mario Testino

He was born in Peru in 1954. He was worked with lots of companies including Michael Kors and Calvin Klein.  

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