Practical Photography - UK (2020-01)

Making the most of

so ft winterlighting

Thisshotwastakenin January,justbefore

I startedmyfinaluniversityproject,andthe

shootwasunplanned– I metup withsome

fr iendsanddecidedto takesomephotos

as thelightinglookedstunningthatday.

I happenedtohaveanoldchairin mycar

and I decidedto incorporateit intothe

imageto createan interestingcontrast

withthe naturallocation.

Whatintriguedme wasthesoftlighting

beingcastby thelowwintersunandthe

compositionof the subjectamongthe

naturalenvironment.Anotherelement

thatinstantlycaughtmyeyewashowthe

subject’sclothingreflectedthe landscape

• mutedandnatural.Thisshotactually
  becamethestartingpointformy final
  pr ojectat university.It inspiredme to
  exploretherelationshipbetweenthe
  subject,thefashionelementin themodel’s
  clothingandthelocation,seeinghow they
  combineto createvisuallyinteresting
  imageryandhowtheseelementscan
  cometo getherto createa visualnarrative
  to ti e a seriesof photographstogether.

Top & aboveJoannauseda differentangle(top)to allowherto incorporate
thelandscapeintothisimage. Shemadeuseof 35mmfilmin thesetwo
images (above) to capture a nostalgic feel with this shoot.

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