Tone Studio Work Diary

Description of shoot:

For this shoot I was in the studio and I photographed objects and people. My aim was to achieve pictures that showed a high contrast in tones within the picture. I used the black backdrop in some pictures, this made the picture have negative space, this helped the highlighted tones of the person more highlighted and emphasised.

With this picture I liked the contrast between the negative space and the highlighted tones. To emphasis this even more when I edited this picture, I increased the contrast and adjusted the levels and curves to make the highlights lighter and the dark tones more solid.

I like how this one, in the background, it starts as negative space, then fades into a highlighted area, in the top left hand corner. I also like how her arms are very highlighted and they catch the most light. The different tones vary amongst her, as just above her arm there is a lot of dark shadows, it shows a real tonal contrast. This gives a connotation of mystery and suspense, with quite a 'horror' based atmosphere to it. I think this is because of how the negative space takes up quite a lot of the picture, it's quite overpowering, so it makes the over all picture seem very dark. I think the fact that she is covering her face, builds this connotation. 

I made this picture black and white to keep the focus on the tones on the hat. I think the most important part that shows tone in this picture is on the ribbon as you can clearly see the shine/reflection creating the lightest tones of this picture. This then gradually transitions into the darker shadows around the edges, especially focused on the left side of the hat.