Originally, I chose the title 'Close Up' for my project, however I when I began researching and brainstorming ideas for content, I swayed in the direction of portraiture. Once I had done this, I found sticking to just macro portraits rather limiting, so I changed my topic to 'Portraits'. During my 'Portraits' project, I want to experiment and photograph human emotion, the human body, macro photography, the difference made by background and the effect of colour/grayscale.

 

Below is a brief plan outlining some topics and artists I would like to explore during my project (this has obviously changed and developed throughout).

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'PORTRAITS' PROJECT PLAN

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ARTIST RESEARCH:

• Mark Seliger (very successful portraiture photographer who uses quite a simplistic common style typical for portraiture).

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EXPERIMENTATION: Expressing Emotion

• How can you capture different emotions?

• What facial features/body positions portray certain emotions?

• Use a plain background so this is unable to aid emotion portrayal.

Plutchik's wheel of emotions:

• love

• interest

• happiness

• trust

• boredom

• sadness

• fear

• anger.

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RECORDING: Variation created through Editing

• Similar images (same model, costume, make up)/different backgrounds.

• Effect of background colour and texture, compared to plain background of experimentation?

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FINALISING AN OUTCOME: Using Photography to Raise Awareness

• Choose a personal project/topic.

• Chance to attempt self portraiture?

• How can portraiture/outcomes of this project be used for advertisement/awareness?

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HELP SOURCES:

http://improvephotography.com/1305/101-portrait-photography-tips-to-improve-your-photography/

https://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits/

http://www.photographydo.com/portrait-photography/50-famous-portrait-photographers-you-need-to-see

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Before starting my project, I took some practice portraits to become more familiar with the topic. This first attempt was incredibly successful and I was really happy with the photographic outcomes, which made me very excited to properly start this project. The photographs from that first shoot are shown below.