Final Project: Making A Scene

 

 Kort Woycheshin, Women hides Man Under Her Bed, 2023

Here are some behind the scenes in the creation of my final making a scene project. For the final photograph I used four lights plus natural window light to create the scene I wanted. I had a small led light to the left of Matilde (subject in the bed) set to 2900k to try and match the gas light on the right side of her bed. I then used a Godox Sl60 set to 5100k to exaggerate the window light on the right side of Leah in my photo. For the subject under myself I have a very tiny aperture light set to 5100 K to add a sense of mystery and confusion of what the subject under the bed may be doing. Are they dead? Are they hiding? You decide. 

I used a fog machine to get a sense of depth and density in the air that I so enjoy of Crewdson's work, I think I could use a 10% diffusion filter on the lens to get a similar look if I didn't have access to the fog. To take the shot I had a live feed streaming to my phone under the bed so I could dial my settings and set up a timer.   

My post production process included Lightroom and photoshop to get the look that I wanted. I began in photoshop with the removal of the fog machine using the clone stamp tool and I think it's pretty realistic. I then did a lot of dodge and burning to accentuate things about the photo I liked. The book and the bag received a heavy dodge to draw attention to that area. Leah received a a dodge as well to bring detail into her clothing and pose. I also burned some of the lighting to just soften the appearance subtly. In Lightroom I did a lot of work with colour to achieve the cinematic quality that I wanted. I warmed the photo slightly and added a subtle green tint. What made the photo was adding some dark blue into the shadows and a little orange/pink into the highlights (similar to a teal and orange look I'd say.) I used a lot of liner gradient masks to draw the viewer into the centre and one radial mask I the centre to slightly brighten the centre content of my image. Funny enough I this project I accidentally created a relationship triangle composition which I am very pleased with but wasn't thinking about at the time. 

All in all I am immensely proud of this final product and can't wait to print it large.