I wanted to use someone from the college football team as my model but when he turned up he was wearing his football kit and had no other clothes to change into, I then asked somebody from my class to model for me at last minute. The reason I chose the person I did from my class is because they wear clothes that you would find on the website I chose to photograph for and they aren't camera shy and are easy to work with so for this reason, I got what I needed from the shoot. However, I am disappointed that I had to find somebody else last minute. I didn't have any outfits for Michael to change into but what he was wearing was suitable and represented the website very well I feel.
I think the photographs towards the bottom of the contact sheet turned out well and are very much like the ones you would find online for Topshop / Topman. I think they could be actually be useful for catalogue photography, as the background is plain, there is nothing extreme about the photograph, his facial expressions are just neutral and he is wearing casual clothing.
I have chosen these images overall because they look like they could have been taken from the Topshop / Topman website.
I like these because they look really professional and with him looking off to the right, these poses are also used my the Topshop models. The only thing I'm not happy about is that the flash on the left side of the setup wasn't working so it looks quite dark. Overall I am happy with the results from this shoot.
For my lighting set up diagram I used www.lightingdiagrams.com to show how I set up the studio for my shoot. I used a white background as the photography I was doing was catalogue and I used softboxes to soften the light and make the subject brighter and the main focus. I was stood infront of the model to get head on photographs and had softboxes either side so the light was even. The set up is simple but effective for the photographs I am trying to achieve.
