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Camera: Canon EOS 70D
Focal Length: 50mm
Shutter Speed: 1/8
Upper Photo: This is the post production photo. I adjusted the brightness because the original one was too bright. Added contrast and blurred the background by using gaussian blur.
Lower Photo: This is the original photo I shot at home. I used the Arri lighting kit to create the three point lighting.
The original image for the third week prompt that is unaltered other than scaling down. The three point lighting system I found worked really well, and my expression I believe accomplishes what I was intending to convey (Fear). I performed some basic alterations (slight color balancing, contrast increase, blemish removal, cropping) and came up with the following image:
Not much different than the original, more dark, less saturated and more sinister which better matches the expression. I also experimented with some colorization as a non-classwork activity and came up with the following:
I find that the red and blue filtered images work best, the red version is more an immediate and intense fear glare, while the blue is a long and psychological fear glare.
Nikon D3200; Focal Length 50.00mm; Exposure 1/20 sec; f/6.3; ISO 200; Lighting three point hotlights
I may have taken the 'show that you improved the image in post production' quite liberally. Everything (with the exception of my hair) was improved by tweaking levels and using basic touch up tools, but the hair I did with the sole purpose of creating a complementary duo with the green flecks in my eyes. This I think makes the images more striking. If this is a lot more than you were asking, just let me know :)
In regards to the pose, the mood that seems to be conveyed here is a deliberate sense of posing, as if I am trying to pose in the specific way that someone is supposed to in a portrait shot such as this. The exaggerated shoulder portrays this quite well. However, the heavyset eyes and shape of the mouth also gives a sense of underlying sarcasm or contempt, hinting that I am merely toying with the idea of austerity.
That's what I see, anyways :P
