Finally had time to sit down with the portraits for the publishing module got a couple I wanted to stick up for people to have a peruse of. After playing with many different styles for the portraits in Photoshop I decided to go for the more natural look in the end. I am also considering layout possibilities for the final book so any comments would be more than welcome.
For my major project I am planning on looking at people who for one reason or another are living on the outskirts of society. I am just starting a mini project to lead into the major project where i am shadowing a long haul driver who works through the night. I want to look at the affect his nocturnal lifestyle has on his perception of and interaction with the world around him. As most of this is going to be shot during the dead of night I am planning on shooting it in black and white as can be more forgiving in low light. I decided to go for a test shoot to see how my D2X copes with the low light and noise. I took a couple of portraits lit by an artificial light source, in this case a monitor and the experimented with shutter speed out on the street. Have a look through and let me know if you have any tips on the aesthetic.
