Final shoots

This week has been a very crucial week in the development process of my major project as it has been the last week to complete shooting before the final editing and printing of the book. This week I conducted my final two shoots, one using tin foil and the final one using crepe paper. I had issues with my model letting me down for the tin foil look I had planned so I had to work very quickly and condense the time I had to shoot it as I had to find a last minute model. As a result the images did not turn out how I would have liked, and I found the material very hard to work with. Although I had previously tested the material I had not created a whole look and covered the whole face, which was not achievable in the time that I had to do the shoot. However the last shoot using crepe paper I was very pleased with. Due to using wet crepe paper I was able to work very quickly with the material and I feel successfully created a subtle but textured look. I intended the paper to be translucent and wanted it to mould and crease around the models features and over the eyes which was particularly effective on camera as it almost looked like the model had a 'second skin'. This week I also conducted the last three product shots, shooting all the images myself within the photographic studio which was very successful. I have started to incorporate the still life shoots in with my book layout which so far is working very coherently and effectively. I have also written the introduction for my book therefore overall I am making very good progress and I am on schedule to send my book off to print this coming week.