What Next? From my testing I can see that I prefer to conduct my shoots in a controlled environment such as a study, this is so that I can avoid any external factors such as poor weather and lighting conditions. I have also found that the effect of using the flash setting is hit and miss, sometimes I like the effect and sometimes I don’t. With that in mind, I am not going to take it forward as a technique I can utilise in my visual campaign. For my visual campaign imagery, I would like to utilise natural light in the setting of an indoor space, for example, the ‘golden hour’ effect. This is when the sun shines into a room and the subject poses in the light of this. For example, this effect can be achieved in my bedroom between half past 6 pm and 8 pm. This window of time allows for a full photoshoot where I can control the outcome of the image more easily than being outside in direct sunlight.
Planning for the event of poor weather where the sun may be obstructed at this time, I decided to invest in a ring light/tripod so that I could use a self-timer setting on my phone to take pictures of myself with the right lighting to properly showcase my makeup and outfit close-ups in the best quality.
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