Studio Reflection in a frame work Diary 22nd October 2015

During the lesson on Thursday 22nd October 2015, our task was to continue to explore different reflection, although not all these images were taken within the studio, it was just a way to explore further reflection but this time, withing a frame.

A photo from the shoot that I like:
 I really like the way it portrays Framing here. The fact it's simple and the audience can clearly see the actual image which I took- the person, and then the image that was taken of an image- in the camera. A way I could have done this could have been from editing it with a completely different image. 

A photo from the shoot that I don't like:
The reason I don't really like this image is because I don't like the way framing isn't as clear here. Framing would be shown more if I were to zoom out so you could see around the screen. Also, I don;t like how the flash of the other person's camera fills the entire screen as it takes away the reflection.






Progression:

My original intentions for this image was to make it look like part of her body was missing, although as there was lots of other people within the studio and behind us was messy, if the mirror was any higher, either the other people would be in the reflection or the objects behind us would, which clearly isn't what I wanted for this image. Next time if I was able to do this, I would make sure there wasn't many people and behind me- where ever the mirror is angled at- was clear. This would make it possible for the mirror to go higher- maybe on her chest. Another improvement for this image would defiantly be the lighting. Even though the fact only part of her is lit up makes it effective- I believe it would be better if the lighting would be on her face. I could also edit another image within the mirror- that would solve the problem with seeing everything behind. I could take an image of her back, place the mirror with her facing forward then edit the photo so her back is on her front. Examples of ways I could improve this are shown below:

Progression put in place...

With this progression in mind, when I went to London I kept this in mind and managed to capture this image.

I quite like this image in terms of images in a frame even though it isn't a reflection. I've seen an image like this but it is edited, although this is not.