I found this shoot quite enjoyable and I think it turned out successfully. I went out at night to shoot because I knew the torch would contrast more significantly with the surroundings and therefore be more eye-catching. I turned the shutter speed down in order to create the long stroke of light. I tried to find a relatively empty area so that there were no distracting surroundings in the background. I remembered the photos I had seen of the same technique, and remembered how they used flash to clearly show the details and tones in the person, so that is what I did. After just taking images straight on from the front, I experimented with different angles. For one of these I held the camera slightly high up, creating a low angle shot of my model. I really liked the way this image had turned out so I continued to use this angle. On the other hand, another angle I had tried did not go so well. I stood on a small brick wall behind Rhiannon and tried to take a birds eye view shot looking directly above her. This didn't work well as the trail of light could not be seen well from this angle, and the models face was not visible. I found the shoot relatively easy and managed to create interesting and unique images.
One problem I had during this shoot was that most of the shapes I had asked Rhiannon to create didn't look recognisable as those shapes. I had asked her to make the shape of a star, a heart, and a box around her head but the outcome was not great. Despite this, the shapes that were created were interesting and abstract which I quite liked. Another problem I had encountered was that when looking at my contact sheets I noticed that the same white poll was clearly visible in the background of the photos. This distracted the eye away from the lights as it contrasted and stood out against the dark. To overcome this I managed to use the clone tool on photoshop to cover it.
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