Comme Une Etoile Work Diary

In this lesson I decided to do a shoot incorporating glitter as it is often used in fashion/beauty photography as a form of cosmetic. It was very simple to do , i just put glue stick on my face and then put the chosen colour of glitter on certain parts. I chose the colours of gold, silver and blue, i like this choice of colour as I think it goes well together, the blue separates the gold and silver, avoiding them from clashing. I did this as a self portrait shoot as I didn't want the glitter and glue to irritate a models face so to prevent the hassle, i just did it to myself.

In this image it shows mainly my face and shows me looking away from the camera, even though my eyes look a little bit weird, I still really like this image as it shows the glitter very well and you can almost imagine the feel of it as a texture in this image. This image also follows the rule of thirds as my face is in the centre, making the glitter the focal point of the image.

In this image I decided to make a grid of 1x3 showing me facing 3 different directions, showing the glitter from all 3 angles. I like how these pictures haven't been over edited and come across as quite natural despite the glitter covering my face. I would have preferred if the image on the right was similar to the one n the left, however I did experiment just flipping the image and it was too similar so I decided against it and found the difference worked quite well. I like how each image has constant of the picture just being of my face and the zoom doesn't changed as I don't think I would find this aesthetically pleasing.

By doing this shoot it has made me think of shoots I could complete in the future, for example I could do a shoot with more materials than just glitter, for example, a shoot with paint, or a shoot with fabric covering the face. I like the idea of doing shoots which involve texture, as I like the look of the texture of the glitter in this shoot, despite it looking aesthetically pleasing, it seems to look quite rough which is quite contrasting.