PRELIMINARY WORK PROJECT-RESEARCH & PLANNING

PROJECT

When it came to researching and planning for the preliminary work I had no idea what I wanted to create except for the fact that I wanted the project to be black and white. Therefore I went on Pinterest and spent hours on looking at different ideas when I found something that caught my eyes.

One of the most interesting photography project ideas is to draw things in interaction with the people you shoot. I really liked this idea of a persons portrait in black and white and how it has outlined their features with a white thin digital pen. This type of editing photos has recently been a trend on social media. Anyone could create this using an app called PicsArt. However I got the inspiration from this kind of editing and created my own works blended in with my personal likes and ideas.

Once I had done all the research for my project I have organised every step and idea in order for the final result to turn out how I wanted. When planning the photoshoot I had to decide who was going to be the model, the location of the photoshoot, costumes, make-up and props:

• For modelling I asked one of my friends, Darius to model because I thought that he is a very expressive person who would fit perfectly with my project.

• I decided that for the location of the photoshoot I wanted to keep it simple as it will not be that important for my project due to the fact that I will be focusing and working with portraits. The location of the photoshoot was my bedroom. I chose this because I had a very simple but symmetrical painted wall which I would use for the photoshoot and also the lighting was really good.

• For this photoshoot there was no need for a costume, therefore I had the model wear a black polo shirt, so that the main focus was on the model and not their clothing.

• There were no props involved in the photoshoot because it was focused on the model.

For the actual photoshoot I have a couple of ideas which I will want to try out in case one of them doesn't turn out the way I want. These are some ideas of photos that I plan to take:

• Model expressing a variety of facial expressions ( angry, happy, sad, annoyed, tired, confused)

• Model standing it the same spot however using body parts to show different actions, movements .

• Play with different lighting colours(using led lights) however they might not be visible after I edit the photos.