For my first photoshoot I was inspired by Andreas Varro, This is due to his use of artificial lighting and dystopian feel that his images produce

For this photoshoot I decided to do it after the sun went down, I did this to eliminate all natural lighting that could intrude into my pictures, I did this photoshoot in a bedroom at my house to create a natural setting. I used my 2 models including a male and a female and took various images of them including them together and them individually. For my first set of images I decided to take photos of them together laying in a bed while ignoring each others presence while all of there attention is on their mobile phones.

Raw unedited images

For my next set of images I took single images of the male model on his laptop working on his trading business with the artifical light from the laptop highlighting his facial features to create the feel of him being oblivious to the outside world and all of his attention in on the pixilated screen.

For my final set of images I took pictures of the Female model on her phone listening to music though a wireless Bluetooth earbud, Again only having her attention on her mobile phone while the light from her phone illuminates her face.

Conclusion

In conclusion I feel that this photoshoot really portrays the dystopian reality of todays consumption of technology from an outside point of view. I am very happy with how the images turned out.

Final edits

I edited all of the above images on Lightroom Classic while exaggerating the exposure, contrast and whites to create the dystopian effect that I was looking for. Playing with these setting also helped me aluminate my models faces to help make their facial expressions more evident to the viewer.

Image comparison with Andreas Varro

The Image that I produced on the left was made and developed to share similar relations to the image on the right made my Andreas Varro. Both images share multiple similarities such as both the male and female model laying down facing away from each other with their attention on technology. Though they are telling different stories such as Varro’s image of the models laying in a coffin comparatively to my models laying in bed I feel that overall they covey very similar messages such as how their full attention is on their electronics. It is also evident to the viewers at both models are in a relationship together but depriving each other of the physical attention that most couples use to show their love. The main difference between our images is the lighting used, Though we both used artificial lighting Varro used overhead lighting so that it was evenly displayed throughout the entirety of the image in comparison to mine where the artificial lighting is coming from their mobile phones and only making the key areas of the image visible to the viewer.