Development - Shoot One
One thing I was certain about when I started this project was that I wanted to develop my photos to be in black and white as this would really bring out the contrast between light and dark in the photos. By draining the images of all colour, the raw image shows a more emotive personal image; this is because it is different to what we are used to seeing.
Eden
Step Three - Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast
Although the lighting in the photo was accurate as to how I had intended to take the image, I decided to increase the brightness and contrast of the photo for two reasons; as the background was black increasing the brightness would only impact on the highlighted regions of the face and that increasing the contrast, if done correctly so the photo does not appear artificial, would create a stronger more relevant final image.
Further Examples from Shoot One
I have used a similar process when editing the images below.
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