Holly Probert DFSA Productions

so after alot of discussion with rosie and alot of thought i have decided where and how i would like my work to be displayed. i want to have it in a 3x3 grid which each image measuring 20cmx20ccm, with 3cm spaces in between. the reason for this is to visually represent my support network around me, my image will be in the centre and everyone's hand's will be around it in the grid.   honestly im disputing doing it this way because i dont want it to be about me, i want it to be about them because thats the whole point. but i dont see any other way i can accurately portray the message.  also i want to display it in the cafe by the pool tables because that was where i met most of my friend group, we went to farnham college and its where i spent most of my college days and where our friendships grew. so its important to me that i reflect that within the placement of my work. 

evaluation looking back on my series i feel that i could have done better. the images themselves were okay but the lighting could've used a bit of work as editing them into the same colour scale was a huge challenge and honestly didn't quiet happen. but i enjoy the message behind it. i enjoy the fact i've been able to feature my friends in my work.

Edit: after looking through all the images I'd taken, i had settled on these. the reason i chose these is because they are all in focus and the lighting is the most similar between these 11. i know that for my installation i only need 9. so i began editing in photoshop. changing the exposure, temperature, white and shadow balance, in order to get more similar lighting between each photo in my series. after spending the last two days editing these were my results.

shoot day 2: today i re-shot sav, as well as shooting tom, steve, ryan, owen, george.S and nommy, as well as asking Nommy to shoot me. we got loads done today that only thing i struggled with was recreating the same colouring live. so instead i lightly over exposed it and then i plan to edit in photoshop to achieve the same effects as i did in shoot one with all shoot two images. owen's chosen pose was very difficult to shoot. he decided to have his hand out, almost like he was going to give someone a manly hug, where you grab hands and then pull together. it was difficult to position in front of his hand which i found difficult. i showed my images to rosie and she loves the slightly yellow/golden lighting, with the silohette. i personally cant decide which ones i like best so i will probably decide during the edit. here are a couple of my images.

Shoot day one: today i did my first shoot and it went alot better than i thought because i had great help from savina and adelaide. today i shot savina, adelaide, millie, george.N and jared. this image of adelaide really stands out to me, the composition of the image is astetically pleasing to me, it shows her blurred face behind her hand which covers half her face keeping her unnamed yet still revealing some of her individuality unclearly. i love the drawn focus on her hand that i created, as it draws the attention exactly where i want it whilst still leaving more to see. however i also really like the silohette images of the hands because they are more obscure and leave the subject completely unnamed. they also look incredible as ive managed to manipulate the light sources to curve around the hand making it soft (via the use of two soft boxes), and gentle. that is the exact effect i wanted to create because the theme is around a caring and loving network of support, and so i want...

final plan: having now completed my paper work and having spoken to rosie alot about my plans and ideas i have decided to take three different sets of images. one silohette, one in front of the face and one with the hand out to one side. these all have different reasonings behind them which i will go into in the next post with the images. i want to take all 3 to see which ones work out best and how i feel they represent each person. my shoot starts tomorrow, hope it goes well!

shoot day 2: so we have literally just started shoot day two its currently 12 oclock and weve been here since 9. weve done a couple of shoots but had to take 10minutes to download footage as we didnt yesterday and the SD card became full. as far as i understand we are planning to finish shooting and having packed down ready for group A by 7/7:30 today which will involve taking down all lights, trace from the two 1K back lights, the 1K from the window needs to be taken down, the poly taken down, sky lights off and the key light off and away, thats all for lighting. as well as that we also need to remove all material from the set, completely clear. and get all the equipment ready and tidy for tomorrow. i recorded a bit on my phone to show our progress.