My Plan-
For this shoot I want to take photos of my pointe shoes, arranged in different ways and edit them using a black and white filter.
My Photo Shoot-
For this shoot I took an old pair of pointe shoes and arranged them in different ways. I took this photo at my house by using a black sheet as the background. I chose to use a pair of semi old shoes instead of new ones because I wanted to show the less beautiful side of ballet. I tried lots of different arrangements, some on the floor and some hanging form the barre. I ended up liking the ones on the floor better.
Edits-
Here are my edited photos for this project. I decided to have three out of the four photos in black and white because I liked the contrast better. I decided to include a colored photo because I liked the way the colors looked when put against the black background. I prefer the first one that is in the slideshow because I think it represents my overall idea very well. The photo shows what they are and shows it in an artistic way. I also think that it was important to incorporate different shots of the pointe shoes from different angles in my edited photos because it shows the artistic process of what goes in to get the best possible photo.
My Printed Photo-
This photo of my pointe shoes is the one I decided to print. I took this photo of pointe shoes against a black background. I took lots of photos trying to get a good one by arranging the shoes in different ways and using different angles to take the photo. I like how it turned out. I think it in compasses dance really well. I also like how the shoes I used aren’t brand new because it shows that even something so pretty can have its flaws. In photoshop I turned up the brightness, contrast, and vibrance before changing the coloring to black and white. When I did change the colors to black and white I messed with the levels to make sure that the background was really dark and the shoes were very light. I also made sure that parts of the shoes were darker than the others. This piece shows contrast because of the light shoes and the dark background and emphasis makes your eye be drawn to the light shoes, that are contrasted against the dark background. This photo could be interpreted many different ways. To one person this could just be a pair of pointe shoes but to another person this might have a totally different and deeper meaning. All in all I think this photo successfully executed my plan of taking photos of pointe shoes, arranging them in unique ways, and editing them to be black and white. This also does a good job of executing my overarching theme of dance because it is showing an aspect of dance that has to do with footwear. Dance has so many different components and I think this photo does a good job of showing one of those aspects.