The perfect base brief for me has
been a very interesting and new experience. I feel that although I successfully
completed my final works in time, some situations along the way have been
challenging. Starting this brief, I was initially very interested and excited
to start the project as I found the concept fun. The seminars and practical
studio sessions with Chris at the beginning were very beneficial and useful but
I feel they ended very soon and then the project started automatically, this
was intimidating.
Although I eventually understood
the process of different lighting set ups, I felt that this something I
struggled with in studio sessions and I had to reflect a lot on my notes to
understand the process correctly. Something
that also worried me throughout the assignment was finding models for my
photo-shoot. At the start of my project I had two models available for my shoot
but unfortunately my models did cancel on me but. In response to this I became
very worried but actively looked and found two new models. When I finally
captured my perfect base images I felt very happy and relieved. I enjoyed
planning the hair and make-up of the two shoots for the Perfect base as the
models I had chosen had completely different skin tones and features allowing me
to be very experimental with lighting. I feel I managed time well throughout
this assignment and also set up my camera and studio lighting fairly easy. In
conclusion I found this assignment really fun and beneficial, although it was
intimidating at first to think I had to set up, plan and guide a photo shoot by
myself, it was a good and valuable experience. I have learnt that planning,
being organised and making quick decisions is very important.
