Developing photography skills - Practical Part 2

In today's task during the lesson, all of the students including me had a go at trying out their photography skills by the use of a studio which I and two of my peers have set up. The studio consisted of a grey backdrop, one softlight provided by my photography teacher and one studio light which is mounted in the media classrom.By the use of a professional DSLR camera, all of us tried taking a picture of others which modeled against the grey background. While capturing my shots I have taken into account what I have taught the class last lesson about photography. This means I payed attention to focus, facial positioning, depth of field, colour, exposure and lighting to gain sufficient images. In my case I found this task easy compared to my classmates as I am undertaking an AS Photography course, meaning that I could apply my skills from this subject into media which was a large advantage for me as my pictures came out very well. Below we can see some of the examples of pictures which I have taken.

Underneath we can see a picture of what the studio actually looked like. Me and two of my classmates which also study AS Photography with me chose the grey background as while taking pictures this background will make the person stand out in comparison to a crowded classroom environment. As a results of this, it is easier to manipulate the images as the background is less detailed. Additionally by the use of an artificial light I was assured that the persons face is lit up very well allowing me to focus the camera on their face. As a result of this I have gained error less, clean pictures.