For my first photoshoot I took pictures in the studio of my model. These images are portraits of her face.

I took 153 pictures and have flagged 52. I then have rated the pictures from 5 stars, 3 stars and no stars, the ones with 5 stars are the ones that I will edit.

Editing

For most of my images I have edited them the exact same way, In black and white with either strong shadows or no shadows at all, I have done this as I want her face to be both prominent in some images, but then the images with shadows I want to hide half of her face. I have used these lighting techniques to create the thought of strength when in the bright light and the shadows. I have increased the white tones to make the backdrop brighter to increase the contrast of her dark hair, her features and the shadows. I decreased the blacks and shadows to increase the darkness of her features. I have edited one image in colour that I may use in my final presentation.

I then went onto photoshop and put text over the top of them.

Photoshop experiments and editing

On photoshop I will be adding text on top of my images. To do this I have separated my photoshoots and created two sections: One to show feminism and strength, while the other is about consumerism. I have used two different people to show these two things, and each has their own quotes and statements to what they are representing. The statements and words I will be using are:

‘What You See Is Not What You Get.‘

‘She is not your muse.‘

A job is better for me.

Final images for Photoshoot 1 on photoshop:

My final photoshop edits are inspired by Barbara Kruger. I have used statements that I think link to different aspects of feminism. The first being ‘she is not your muse.’ which creates an image of women being thought of by men as theirs to talk about. I think that the full stop emphasises a vision of strength as the statement is short and blunt so it ends the quote as if it would a conversation. The next statement ‘what you see is not what you get’ is showing that women are not what you expect them to be when you only see them. This means that she may look nice, innocent or weak on the outside but when you meet or get to know her its the opposite. This shows that women can be seen by men and just see a face or body and think one thing, but when actually meeting or speaking to the women its the opposite. The next statement ‘a job is better for me’ means that a job is more fulfilling for her than a man or his money would be. I have used this statement because its about being independent an not relying or benefitting from a man and his money.

Comparison with Barbara Kruger

Barbara Kruger edited her images in black and white, like I have also with white text bordered red. She used phrases which have a strong, powerful feminist meaning behind them which I have also done