As this was the second shoot for contrast in the studio I went into the shoot with a couple of thought through ideas which I wanted to experiment with, looking opposing themes. I gathered more developed ideas by looking at my mind map of various different ways in which i could explore the topic of contrast. I found it quite difficult to come up with ideas which were suitable to shoot in the studio as we were quite limited to the human body.
One theme I wished to look at was open and shut. When thinking on how to convey this in the studio I came up with an idea of the expression of one eye open and one eye closed. By making the frame being filled by the subjects eyes and nose enhances the attention to the eyes of the subject as they are in the centre of the frame. Therefore displaying this effect to its full potential. Also there is a slight contrast in the light in the photograph. The area where the eye s open is very light and therefore shows the eye in full detail. And the area where the other eye is closed is dark and shadowed, both of these areas also portray a contrast in the ability of sight.
In this photograph I tried to exemplify contrast with the opposing hair colours of the two figures. I feel that the fact that both figures have the coloured top is quite effecting and amplifies the contrast in hair colour. However, I still believe that if the person on the right had a lighter colour top, her hair would be display and show the contrast in colour much more clearly.
Progression:
To improve my work in relation to studio contrast I feel that I should continue to carry on examining my mind map and attempting to create pieces that relate to specific themes. I still would like to try and capture a picture which contrasts age (e.g. the wrinkles on an old person's and young person's hand). I could also plan to bring some props in to help experiment with other themes on my mind map, relating to themes such as full/empty, light/dark and old/young.
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