For this shoot my plan was to take photos of my pink vans because I was struggling to find something pink to take photos of. But I felt like I could be creative in my shooting methods using the shoes. I didn't go anywhere over break so I just decided to take the photos on the road in front of my house
My Shoot:
For this shoot I just went outside in front of my house to the road and took photos of me wearing a pair of pink vans. I didn't have anybody to help me so it was a little difficult to take photos of myself wearing the shoes, but I had to improvise. With the weather being so cold the photos have a little bit of a darker look because there wasn't much sun to create a good light. I struggled a little with the cold and the snow because I didn't want to go out and take photos while it was snowing a lot.
My Edits:
To edit my photos I just played around with the brightness, the hue, and the saturation. I prefer to make my images look natural, but I really wanted the pink on the shoes to POP so I made it a little brighter. I also wanted to lighten up the photo a little so that it wouldn't be so dark because of the cloudiness and lack of sun. Overall I feel like this shoot pushed me to be more creative with my editing and picture taking because pink is a hard color to capture naturally.
My Printed Photo:
The title of this photo is Kindness because pink is supposed to elicit emotions of kindness. So far this is the shoot that I struggled with the most. I actually kept putting it off all of Thanksgiving break because I just couldn't think of anything pink to take photos of. Finally, after sitting in my house watching it snow I looked over and saw my pink vans sitting on the floor and thought that they would make a cool pink object to shoot, but I would need to be creative. A few days after the snow melted away mostly I put the shoes on and went outside. it was kind of hard take photos of myself wearing the shoes, but I really think that the angle turned out pretty cool. The pattern on the vans also highlight the principle of art repetition as there are a variety of squares on the shoes. The elements of art used in this photo are color and shape because of the pink while the rest of the photo is black and white. As well as the squares provide a sense of shape to the image. I feel like the audience as to look closely at this image because there a variety of elements, but your eye automatically goes to the color at the center of the photo. When I originally took these photos the shoes look more of a peach-ish color, so I edited them to look more pink since that was my focus color. Overall, I feel like this shoot pushed me the most to think creatively because pink isn't a color that you naturally see a lot especially in the winter.