Work Record - Personal Shoot 4

A Balanced Diet:

Plans for the Shoot:
My plan for this shoot is also based on an example tutorial I read through where an orange segment was morphed inside of an apple. However, because I am shooting contrasts, I don't see anything that I could relate this particular tutorial with my personal project, so I am going to instead take an orange, and morph a Terry's Chocolate Orange into the inside to show the contrast between healthy and unhealthy eating. To do this, I will photograph the two objects individually, in very much the exact same spot for both of them to morph the two together afterwards on Photoshop.

Shots needed:
Whole orange
Whole choc orange
Whole orange and choc orange next to each other
Orange with segment cut out at different angles
Choc orange with segments removed at different angles
Segment of orange on own
Segment of choc orange on own.

Photoshop Tutorials:
http://snapguide.com/guides/make-an-apple-with-an-orange-inside-w-photoshop/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZYEjjlyci0

Shoot Evaluation:
This shoot was really interesting for me as I was able to use the Boom in the studio for the first time this year. I really enjoyed using this technique as it gave my photos that professional quality finish as the light was completely focused on my subjects of the oranges and the chocolate. The shoot itself was quite successful - I shot all my needed images from different angles to ensure I had more than enough images to work with when it came to editing them. A problem I did encounter was that the orange segments weren't the right way round when I cut into it, and I didn't bring any extra oranges to experiment with. I also found that tje chocolate orange must have been knocked around a bit in the bag, as it completely broke into segments when I opened it, which wasn't helpful as I wanted to photograph it whole first. I did however find from doing this shoot, that I came up with various other ideas for future shoots.

This was my first attempt at the tutorial I was following to put an orange inside of an apple. I initially struggled with the positioning of the two objects and it was also quite hard getting the shadows and lighting right on the final image to make it look realistic, but I think I have done a fair job. I decided to use a soft eraser around the edges of the orange because it softens the view for the audience and makes the product look more realistic. I could have improved the image if I had perhaps manipulated the object onto a proper background such as a table setting, or if I had used a better angle on the orange to make manipulating the chocolate orange easier.

I actually think this image of the orange looks more realistic than the Photo-shopped one, yet it was actually just a mater of a lucky angle when I shot the image. I took a half chocolate orange and placed a quarter of a real orange on top. After photographing the object from above, which was done with the help of the boom lighting, it actually appeared as if the fruit-chocolate hybrid was a realistic object. I increased the curves in this photo because I wanted to really enhance the colours to show the contrast between the vivid orange and the dark chocolate. I also wanted to repeat the image because I wanted to give off the impression that this particular image was shot at from different angles - but it wasn't - to trick the viewer into believing that it s a real object.