Third Shoot

 I am very pleased with the outcome of my third shoot. As I was walking the busy highstreet I came across a man who was collecting donations for the Royal Bournemouth Hospital. It was apparent to me that he was missing his lower limbs, and also had a bandage on his right hand, with a couple of fingers missing. After donating some money I asked him if I was able to take a picture of him, and he seemed more than happy for me to. 

It is evident in this picture here what situation this poor man is in. As we can see from this image he is located in a busy town. In the reflection in the window behind him we can see a Taxi, we can see people, we can see how busy the life in Bournemouth actually is, and we can see how he watches this pass by on a daily basis. 
Both these images were taken at an aperture opening of f/5.6 and a shutter speed of 1/110th of a second. 

The Edited Images: 
This is my first edit for this shoot. I cropped these images in Picasa 3,  at the same ratio the image was in before the crop. I adjusted the brightness and the shadows to make the picture a little more vibrant. In GIMP I desaturated the image and added a luminance effect. I also added an extra transparent layer where I used the paint brush tool to create darker circles around his eyes. I also added a second layer where I traced the white in his eyes and made them stand out more by making them more obvious. 

As well as cropping this image in Picasa 3, I also straightened it as it was previously askew. Like I did with my previous images, I boosted the shadows and then I desaturated the colours in GIMP and added the luminance effect. 







Here is the contact sheet for my shoot:   

I believe I have used Ibrahim's technique rather well in these shoots. I have done well in capturing my subject's emotion, and I am please with the result. In this contact sheet I used images DSC_0051 and DSC_0054.