Ancestral
Chantelle Morrell
Photo-shoot 1
The first photo-shoot I taken was of my Grandma. I wanted to create a shoot based on her life and where she spends most of her time (the kitchen.) I got my Grandma to sit on a chair and look at various parts of the room, which I would capture. I also took images of her looking at the camera so I could create some work based around her every day life and combine my photo-shoot with my previous artists Josh Suda and Brett Walker. I will create some experiments, developing my work and using old images of my Grandma when she was younger combining the two images together. I have selected the images from this photo-shoot and displayed them below.
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Image Analysis
I have chosen this image as one of my most successful from this photo-shoot. This shoot didn’t turn out as good as I was hoping so I decided to change my subject theme. However I chosen this image as it show natural beauty and laughter. I captured a moment my Grandma didn’t know I was doing and I am happy with the outcome I have received. I then decided to change the photo and edit it, changing it to black and white relating my work from my artists work. I took inspiration from Brett Walker for this image and editing my image to see the features my Grandma has at a better quality than in colour. Using black and white has helped my image fit in with my theme more. When my Grandma was younger, only black and white images where available so I wanted to capture this and show how time has changed and how photography has developed over time.
Image Analysis
I then created another edit using Photoshop by using overlay and layering two images together relating to my artists 'Brett Walker' and 'Josh Suda.' I wanted to develop my work and show my style at a stronger level that makes my work more interesting. I decided to change my image into black and white again and changed the levels to get the right outcome I was wanting. I think this effect over my images works well and I am happy with my outcome.
