Colour Theory

Analogous

Selecting colours that are touching in the wheel created a narrow, harmonious colour scheme. Similar to monochromatic colours. Analogous colours provide a predominantly warm or cool feeling, depending on where they lie on the wheel.


Complementary

Colours from the opposite end of the wheel provide the most contrast. If you can stave off the temptation to add more colour, limit them to only two to create a powerful (or even starting) look. But arrange them wisely so they don't clash.


Monochromatic

Using variations of the same colour can create a striking palette. but its difficult to use colour effectively without adding black, white and shades of grey for contrast. Select colours with a broad range of tints and shades to provide enough contrast.

References
Image 1 - Colour theory | unique & limited edition typographic posters (no date) Available at: http://postography.co.uk/poster/colour-theory/ (Accessed: 8 December 2015).

The different poses

Fashion Editorial -

To me this image is inspiring as the model in this image looks so dominant and fierce which is something you don't usually see in images as women are stereotypically seen as weak and represented that way for the men to co e across as the more dominant sex. This image represents and denotes a role model for young girls and she is independent and wearing a very bright and bold colour which suggests that the photographer and designed of the dress wanted the model to be as bold as the colour.









Beauty advertising campaign -

Within this image the model looks perfect and is almost glowing which is one of the reason why I find this image inspiring. The model just looks amazing and confident which is what most girls and women would aspire to be as this image would appeal to an audience of aspirers and they will want to get the mascara that is being advertised. This image suggests to the audience that this mascara will fill you with confidence and will make you look amazing.

Beauty Editorial -

Within this image it just shows how close the models have to be and how comfortable they would have to be with each other which is inspiring as when I was looking in to photographers and the images they created it occurred to me that models really do have it hard as they have to do what they are told and have to try and make the images come out as good as they can as you won't get another chance to shoot the images.



Famous Painting - Agnes Cecile

This is one of my favourite paintings I like how the artist uses the paint as drip painting is very difficult and the level of detail in this is high quality considering how it was painted. This painting inspires me as the pose the model is in is quite dominant and makes the model look very fierce which is something as an audience is very rare to see as a lot of models are made to look childish or sexualised (male gaze theory).

Unposed Image -

With this image its natural and not at all posted which you can see as it doesn't look forced and sometimes when you look at an image you can see the models discomfort within the image which is something no-one would want to capture.
Sometimes a natural image can come out better than a posed one.









Illustration/Cartoon -

Here is an illustration I found which is inspiring as the women isn't doing a very drastic pose and looks more natural than most in illustrations. Also the pop of colour just catches your attention and draws you to the the models figure which is where the rule of thirds fits in as the rule of thirds is where the dominant features of a women face or body is in the centre of a magazine or illustration/painting. This will draw peoples attention to the dominant parts of the women's body representing her in a sexualised way.







References
Image 1 - Eszter Boldov by Damon Baker for InStyle UK march 2012 (2012) Available at: http://www.fashiongonerogue.com/eszter-boldov-damon-baker-instyle-uk-march-2012/ (Accessed: 7 December 2015).
Image 2 - Giorgio Armani beauty fall 2012 (Giorgio Armani) (no date) Available at: https://models.com/work/giorgio-armani-giorgio-armani-beauty-lip-maestro-fall-2012/ (Accessed: 7 December 2015).
Image 3 - Black out beauty ⋆ Claire Harrison Photography (2014) Available at: http://www.claireharrisonphotography.com/my-favorite-new-beauty-shoot-black-out/ (Accessed: 7 December 2015).
Image 4 - Rituale necessario (2012) Available at: http://agnes-cecile.deviantart.com/art/rituale-necessario-313145943 (Accessed: 7 December 2015).
Image 5 - My own image.
Image 6 - Illustrations (2013) Available at: http://blog.mrsjonesandco.com/illustrations/ (Accessed: 7 December 2015).

Different lighting in photoshoots

Side Lighting

• Side lighting is when the lighting is coming from the side which usually provides a great deal of contrast and can create long shadows and adds depth to the image. This type of lighting can make the image look more dramatic.

Back Lighting

• Back lighting is when light is behind your subject and is directed at you and your camera. This type of lighting creates silhouettes quiet easily. Combined with certain atmospheric conditions such as fog or airborne dust you can get dramatic lighting effects.

Rim Lighting

• When light comes in at an acute angle it can create highlights along the edges of your subject. The stark contrast that it provides highlights shape and form. This type of lighting adds impact to wildlife and nature photography.

Spotlight

• Very simply Spot Light is when a focused amount of light highlights a particular section of your subject or scene. This type of lighting can create strong shadows and contrast. Spot light can add dramatic impact to all genres of photography.

Artificial Lighting

• The most obvious type of lighting is Artificial lighting. This can be generated from a variety studio lights, and built in or external flash units. There are few genres of photography that Artificial lighting cannot be used successfully. 

Frontal lighting

• Frontal lighting is lighting that comes either from behind the camera or from the camera itself. Frontal lighting has one big advantage as it evenly illuminates your model. 

Low Key Lighting

• Low key light accentuates the contours of an object by throwing areas into shade while a fill light or reflector may illuminate the shadow areas to control contrast.

Hight Key lighting

• High key photography is a modern lighting technique that is based on using mid-tone greys through to bright whites. The use of bright lights and lighting to eliminate shadow reduced the contrasts in the picture.

When setting up a shoot and deciding what equipment you need it is important to take in account what skin type you are photographing as some things don't work with certain skin tones.

For example in one of the practicals we were using white polyboard's either side of the model for the light to bounce from the boards onto the face to reduce any shadows around their face.

References 

Image 1 - (no date) Available at: http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQXiygw0CVHqYvtafYN7Oh5xzGLjyRAsxgy327zEft7vZwhNqVY (Accessed: 7 December 2015).\

Image 2 - Go for natural Backlighting | | Peter LikPeter Lik (2010) Available at: http://www.peterlikexposed.com/go-for-natural-backlighting (Accessed: 7 December 2015).

Image 3 - 12-01-2014 PHOTO by Rio Febrian (2014) Available at: http://www.photoone.org/editors-award-honorable/editor-award-honorable-january-2014-11097.html/attachment/12-01-2014-photo-by-rio-febrian (Accessed: 7 December 2015).

Image 4 - In the spotlight — drama 16 stage lighting (2013) Available at: http://drama16.info/?tag=in-the-spotlight (Accessed: 7 December 2015).

Image 5 - Artificial light has its place (2011) Available at: http://www.kirklandphotosblog.com/travel-photography-tips/2011/08/playing-in-the-studio/ (Accessed: 7 December 2015).

Image 6 - (no date) Available at: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/0c/38/b9/0c38b9507a7b7d8180b132dce9cf2e27.jpg (Accessed: 7 December 2015).

Image 7 - Low key lighting - Rembrandt lighting | velocity photography studio (no date) Available at: http://lancashirestudiohire.com/2011/08/low-key-lighting-rembrandt-lighting/ (Accessed: 7 December 2015).

Image 8 - Martin (2009) Photos from last weeks course. Available at: http://londonphotographycourses.co.uk/studio-courses/photos-model/ (Accessed: 7 December 2015).