Visit number three! - Sophie - BSG Photos

Despite Sophie not really fitting in with my personal project, I feel that she could still fit into the other project for the BSG. I took a set of photographs of her outside a local cafe, with her friends, in an attempt to get her to look more natural and fit in with the brief I had been set.

I feel that these photos are the best I have produced so far for the BSG project, and feel that I have captured a happy set of natural looking portraits that I am please with. The images that worked the best when I photographed Jacki, my previous subject, were the ones that employed shallow depth of field and I think that this is the same in this case. 

With every shoot I go on, I feel that my work is developing well, and I am ready to move on to more subjects as I feel comfortable with what I am doing, and the style of image I am trying to achieve.

Visit number three! - Sophie

I was put in touch with Sophie through the Birthmark Support Group, and found out through emailing her that her birthmark was on her knees. Although my project was primarily concerned with facial marks, I thought that this could potentially expand my project so it would be worth visiting her. 

After the shoot, I felt that the images weren't quite what I was looking for. Although I was extremely grateful for Sophie agreeing to appear in my work I didn't feel that her Birthmark fit in with what I had planned for the project. Some evidence of her mark remained, but Sophie has undergone a large amount of surgery to reduce its visibility and now it is barely noticeable, which of course is great for her but including her in my project may be difficult.

However, the shoot was still very worthwhile, and I learnt a lot more about how her life has been affected by her mark, and that is one of the main reasons I embarked on this project!