In my shoot I used 'Vintage books' and models to create a relaxed feeling in the photo. I also took photographs of some of the books. This is because I couldn't take photos with all of the books in use.
I instructed the models to just sit and read/ look at the books however they wanted (however they were comfortable).
I gained verbal permission from my models before the photographs were taken... Yes I even asked the books.
I did get the shots that I needed in the specified time, it was finished quite quickly. I took a single photograph at a time , this was more time consuming but it enable me more control of he photo taken.
I controlled composition by using different angles (such as over the shoulder and close up) used different viewpoints to get more interesting photos. The viewpoint of the photograph was from an outsiders point of view.
The props I used were comic books and costumes (as can be seen in the photographs). They were affective as they gave the photo a more authentic/ realistic look. They communicated comfort and interest I the old books to the user.
I was able to change the shutter speed to re balance the colours/ darkness of the photograph, due to working near a window. I also made some images darker to create a darker mood. I didn't really control the lighting as it used natural lighting and used it to create a softer overall look to the scene. I didn't use flash for these photos because it would look washed out and too bright.
I didn't experiment with depth of field. This is because I had a good idea on what I wanted to get out of this tester photo-shoot. From this I got a consistent look throughout my photographs where everything could be seen clearly.
I didn't use camera based setting because I wanted to see the images in colour before editing hem to monochrome. This also gives me better control on the contrast of black and white in the image.
I didn't need to use my contingency plan because the photo-shoot went well and I was able to take some interesting images that somehow reflected m theme but in a more modern way, whish is not what I am aiming for.
Things that could have been better is that I had a wider arrange of models and of books.
