Documentary photography Final piece – Lucy

For my final piece my original idea was to do a fashion photo. Ideas changed and it became more about the person and her emotions. The reason I made it black and white in Photoshop was to bring out the correct emotion that is being shown. I edited rain drops out of the image, changed brightness and contrast, made it black and white and used ‘spot healer’ to make the face a bit more smoother than what it was. The strength of this image is the emotion in it and the story behind it. It just shows a young girl picking at a bush but she looks very sad and a little bit bored... Different stories could be put into the story – maybe. The weakness would be not enough lighting and could have added a little bit of additional lighting so that the headpiece stood out a little bit more. This picture was my favourite one out of the bunch I had taken and that’s the reason why I am using this one for my final piece. It’s my favourite because it has more emotions and it’s just really nice! My model for my image was my sister Emma. Overall I am 80% happy with my final piece. If the lighting was changed, it would have been much better! 

HERE IS A 'BEFORE' PHOTOGRAPH AND AN 'AFTER' PHOTOGRAPH.