Final Images
For this photo I had my sister wear her new secondary school uniform, but I also had her wear the old primary uniform as well.
For this photograph, I had my sister wear her Summer uniform, which is similar to the primary uniform I am wearing in the archive. I also had her wear my old primary school uniform, which has signatures on from everyone I went to primary with.
Analysis of 2 Images
The lighting used in my image is artificial lighting. This photograph has high levels of control, because it is a staged image, where I have manipulated the position of my dad, as well as myself with the camera.
F-stop= f/10
Exposure time= 1/15 sec
ISO speed= ISO-3200
The colours in this image include more neutral tones, such as black, white, grey and beige. The colour of the couch is different to my archive photo, due to us having a new couch 18 years later. The teddy my dad is holding is also a different teddy, due to us no longer owning the original teddy and the colour top my dad is wearing is also a different colour, which I would correct if I were to do this again.
This image has lots of light and dark tones, due to all the white and black in the images. This creates contrast. There is also a lot of shapes and patterns in this image, due to the patterned pillows and blanket, which is on our couch.
The composition of this image is extremely similar to the original archive, as this was what I was aiming to achieve. The main viewpoint of this image is my dad holding a teddy and he is in the centre of the frame.
This photograph presents my father 18 years after the original archive was taken and presents how he has grown and changed since the archive was taken. It also represents things that are still similar about him from when he was younger. He was 26 years old in the first archive and he is now 44 years old today. This image also presents how our home is different, as we now have a new couch as the background.
The reason I have chose to recreate this archive of my dad is because I am exploring my family through archives and my own photographs, so that I can explore the union that is my family. I am exploring archives, so that I can present how our family union has changed and grown and how we are all linked together through blood and DNA. I have chosen to use archives from years ago, so that I can present how even though the individuals have grown and changed the family union stays strong and unbroken.
The lighting used in my image is artificial lighting. This photograph has high levels of control, because it is a staged image, where I have manipulated the position of my dad, the prop used and the distance and position of myself with the camera.
F-stop= f/10
Exposure time= 1/15 sec
ISO speed= ISO-3200
The colours in my photograph include blue, red, grey, black and white. Due to all the dark and light tones of the blacks, whites and greys this image has high contrast, especially against the brighter colours of the blue dressing gown. Due to the pillows and blankets draped on the couch there is lots of patterns and shapes in this image.
The composition of this image is very similar to the composition of the archive image, because this is what I was trying to achieve. The colour of the couch is the same and the blanket on the couch is even thrown over the back of the couch in the same way. My dad is also sat very similarly with a beer in his left hand resting on his lap and his right arm leaned up. The only difference in this image is the type of beer used and the outfit my dad is wearing, which if I was to do this in the future again I would amend this. The main viewpoint of this image is my father in the centre of the frame.
This photograph presents my father 18 years after the original archive was taken and presents how he has grown and changed since the archive was taken. It also represents things that are still similar about him from when he was younger. He was 26 years old in the first archive and he is now 44 years old today.
The reason I have chose to recreate this archive of my dad is because I am exploring my family through archives and my own photographs, so that I can explore the union that is my family. I am exploring archives, so that I can present how our family union has changed and grown and how we are all linked together through blood and DNA. I have chosen to use archives from years ago, so that I can present how even though the individuals have grown and changed the family union stays strong and unbroken.
Evaluation
I think this photoshoot went well, as I was able to successfully recreate old archive images of my family members and myself. I was also able to use some of the same clothes/ props used in the original images, such as my primary school dress and my uncles guitar. However, in some of these images I did not use the same clothing/ props as I was unable to as we didn’t own them anymore. Furthermore, in some images my subjects also were not in the correct colours etc, so if were to do this again I would focus more on the fine details of the images, such as the outfits which were worn in the original archive images, so that the photographs I take would like as identical as possible to the archive. I would also focus on which way to position my model, because in some of my images my dad is facing the opposite way to the archive images. I would also like to focus on adjusting my camera settings slightly, as one or two of my images were slightly out of focus. I would also like to focus on my lighting in the next photoshoot, so that I can improve it.
I also think I have presented how the individuals in my family have changed and grown, but how the family union stays united and unbroken even after all these years that have passed from when the original photographs were taken. I think the experience of actually taking these images have unified us even more as everyone came round to support my school work and be a part of it.
For my next photoshoot I would like to focus more on taking family shots with multiple people, rather than focusing on individuals. I would also like to possibly redo some of these photographs, so I can have the subject in more similar clothing and facing the correct direction, so that the photographs I take will be more identical to the archive photographs.