Portrait Shot: HMV Record Player

For my studio session where I would be taking portrait photographs I needed this equipment:

Nikon D90
2x softboxes
2x umbrellas
4x Bowens Gemini 750w
Radio Trigger Unit
1x Tripod

I originally had the intention of taking photographs of the model standing up. I did a few test shots (below) and realised that it didn't work as well as I had anticipated. The table was so low and the model was so tall that it looked like he was stooping, leaning very awkwardly to put a record on and it didn't look very natural at all. I then decided it would probably be a better idea to have him sat down. By doing this, the record sleeves could then be seen properly.

Here are the images of the model that did not work:

And here are 6 images I liked the most:

I think that the model is not facing the camera enough in this picture and I think that the position of the record is hiding the record player too much. (above)

I don't think I will be able to use this image for my final piece because of the shadow in the back ground and it is a bit underexposed. (above)

 

This image is my favourite, there is no shadow in the background and you can see everything perfectly in the picture. (above)

I then decided to play around on Photoshop to see what kinds of effects I could give my pictures and what I could use on my final picture.

 For this photograph I used the colour balance tool and gave it yellow and blue highlights.

 In this picture I lowered the saturation and moved the hue slightly.

 Here I lowered the saturation and contrast. I also changed the hue slightly.

 This photograph has had the shadows, highlights and colour balance altered.

 On this photo I exposed it a little bit, altered the colour balance to have more red, green and yellow and also made the contrast higher.

What I will do next: I will chose an image out of the 5 above, edit it in Photoshop using the effects from the above images that I like the most. I will also attempt to smooth out the dent in the front of the record player, the legs of the table and also the wire from the record player.