Fashion Multiple Exposure - Image Bank

After creating an image bank purely on multiple exposure, I decided to look at multiple exposure in my chosen project of beauty. I couldn't find many images on beauty, so I started to look at beauty in the fashion industry and look at how photographers show beauty in the form of multiple exposures. The first image I found was one from the front cover of a magazine in which this technique is used in the two front cover designs. The second design stands out to me more as the photographer has cleverly used the eye of the portrait and have placed it onto the centre of the other females dress. I think this is a very clever image and would definitely stand out on the front cover of the magazine as it shows different dimensions. Instead of just seeing the portrait image, we can see the female in her full form with the use of a long shot. This enables the viewer to see the rest of the dress and her whole body. This is a unique way of using one frame, and placing two images inside it by blending the two together. They have ensure the opacity is perfect so that we can still see the facial features of the female. The other images in this bank use colour and are much darker, by also combining techniques of a motion blur. 

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Multiple Exposure - Image Bank

In this image bank, multiple exposure has been used in two different ways to show a setting and a model where the two images are combined. In the first two images we see two portraits of females facing towards the right of the frame. They both use black and white to contrast from the backgrounds, in which the first is a white background and the second is a much deeper background. The first uses a white background as there is a dark cloud setting and therefore we can establish a clear difference between them both. The second uses a darker background as we can see it is meant to be the sky, this is due to the clear similarity between that and the shadows and the daisies. The use of the daisies also matches to the female approach that this image has, as they are a feminine object. Opposing this is the third image, which features urban buildings as it uses a male model and he is more masculine.

The next three images in this image bank, I chose to look at a different side of multiple exposure. I like these images a lot as I feel like the stunning animals are shown, and inside them they're filled with the habitats that we would expect them to see. This idea is very original, and the artist photographed in forests different animals, and then took pictures of different habitats and landscapes which define the colour of the animal. The first image shows a fox, the fox uses warm orange and red colours which are shown through the conifer forest in the background. 

High Key - Image Bank

In the following images, we see images with extreme high key lighting. High key lighting is a style of lighting for photography that aims to reduce the lighting ratio present in the scene. High key lighting is perfect for the beauty style of photography as it suggests an upbeat mood, but also makes the images feel clean and crisp. As you can see from the images below, the background is completely white, with the face being highlighted through the use of bold colours and makeup. This allows us to draw attention to certain features of the face while also enhances them. For example, in the first image taken in the style of the photographer Rankin, the model is shown to be wearing bold colours on her face, she has a soft blue across her cheekbones which lift the face and make it seem narrower - while also wearing dark black makeup around the eyes which sculpts the face. It stops the image from being too washed out and also shows a defining line between the model and her background. In the next image, we also see makeup used in order to enhance feminine facial features and also to brighten up the image.

Personal Project - Image Bank

 In these images, we can see my personal project topic of beauty being explored in a number of different ways. This can be done through composition, colour, tone and form. Alternatively, what essentially makes a beauty image stand out is through personal aspects such as the clothing in which the person is wearing and also the makeup which they wear. In the following three images, beauty is explored through all of the previous components. However I feel like the use of selective colour is striking and draws the audiences attention to key points on the face. For example, in the first image selective colour is used through the bold red on the lips. All of the other colours in the image appear to be washed out, with the face appearing very pale and the white glow around it only making the model appear more ghostly. The colour also seems to have been washed out from the eyes, and a dark makeup has also been used to exaggerate this. Without the red lips, the viewer can not really see anything striking apart from the gold jewellery she wears on her hand. 

 

I also chose three images in which contrasted to the previous ones I had looked at. In the following images colour is not the most striking presence, however it is the use of black and white and the bold black makeup which stands out to me the most. Particularly in the first image, the pure white background makes the model appear to be much more bold. Her eyelids are lined with black eyeliner and the long black eyelashes draw the audiences attention to the centre of the face. This is also reinforced by the use of the hand, with the black jewellery and crisp black fingernails. I like the use of black and white in these images as they hold a powerful attraction in the image. This is one that I would look at and instantly be inclined to view as I feel it is so striking and also not similar to any I have seen previously. 

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Illustrated Project Proposal

One of the main reasons I want to use beauty as my starting point is because I feel I could go in a lot of different directions with it. Many of my favourite photographers that I have studied, do so in the beauty and advertising industry where most of there images are used in campaigns. Beauty doesn’t just have to be about beautiful people, as everyones ideas of beauty is different. Therefore, I could take my personal project and go in so many different places. One topic I have always been keen on studying is beauty within nature, I could look at animals and other mammals and look at the beauty that makes up the world. I could also look at other peoples perception of beauty. Stripping people off of make up, and looking at beauty in a different context. I am going to start this topic by looking at what I feel is beauty, and I am going to take portraits of people. I am then going to take pictures of models, but I am going to ask them to dress and make themselves how they feel beautiful themselves. After this, I am going to take Beauty, and look at work that has influenced me. Already, I have found a photographer who studies beauty and applies it to all of his work. His name is David Benoliel. 

David Benoliel is a beauty photographer who currently lives in Miami, Florida. Benoliel focuses on capturing professional-quality photographs whilst also experimented with post-processing and photo manipulation. The two photographs above are taken from his online portfolio. I have chosen these two especially because of the strong features that boost. Colour and contrast are the two elements that are the strongest within the two photographs, by using a dramatic and vivid contrast of colour it makes the photograph interesting and beautiful. The use of make up and retouching has given the models flawless skin although the way that Benoleil has captured this is fascination. By using strong contrasts such as a midnight blue against the pale and highlighted face, it captures the viewers attention. In these photos, beauty has been portrayed by using female models to emphasise make-up and other commercial products.  Another aspect of the photograph that interested me was the angle that they were both captures. Each photograph is different, one being a longer and wider shot to capture the body and the other is a close-up focusing heavily on the woman's enhanced features. I could approach my topic of beauty by using female or male models to take portraits that have bold contrasts and use colour to emphaises and show the viewer something.