Documentary Of Women’s True Genetic Beauty
This is a documentary assignment of women faces of different age group, race, skin tones/colour due to their race, and culture. Basically, this documentary will show, in the 21st century the true beauty of women and their natural inherited facial features. It will show what real beauty is with and
without make-up over different age groups of women and not what the mass media tries
to demonstrate of women of all age groups.
In this documentary, you will see pictures of women’s faces, their true features, their true beauty that shines out and different ways women wear their hair styles and
show what real beauty is and not what you see as air brush art work, which masking the real face of life people.
Is beauty an identity of a woman or is it
our genetic material that holds the key of our true beauty.
Has women's facial features changed due to mass media?
Who controls women's beauty in the 21st century,
Man or Mass media or Fashion designers?
The images that I have taken are mostly in
sets of 3, it shows the two side views of a woman face and the front face
view. It will show some women in glamorous styles and some in every day outfits and in studio or indoor lighting environment. Each female has their own special unique facial features and their hair
styles and their unique identity which will shine out in each picture. This will
be seen in each and every image no matter how the person looks or how much make-up she is
wearing or not.
The pictures have been kept as neat as possible.
NIKON-90D
F/5
1/25sec
ISO 320
18mm
What are the main beauty features that
stand out in this image?
Well one can’t see the face but, there is a
lot there, you can see the clothes the person is wearing and the colours of her
clothes, therefore we can see it can be day wear or evening wears. It shows the identity of the female and what else,
see below:
She has warm skin tone
The picture shows a strong female charter
She is wearing pearl-necklace which comes from the sea and greenish clothes which symbolize earth and the shoes beige and brown symbolize earth wood etc.
The face and hair area is hidden with the umbrella,
so why, who is she, what is she trying to show?
Below is a picture showing the true beauty of freckles.
Front view
of the face and one face slightly to the right, as these pictures are showing
the natural beauty of the face I chose a wooden background which is also
showing the grains of the wood i.e, natural beauty.
The images
are in black and white so the eyes of the viewer will not be attracted to the
colour but see the true beauty of the freckles and the wood grains in the
background.
The main focus point of this character is the eyes.
F/5.3
1/20sec
ISO 1600
42mm
No flash,
NIKON-90D
F/5.3
1/50sec
ISO 1600
42mm
No flash,
These pictures below show's a lady in her middle age group,
a strong confidential person.
Why?
Black clothes show' strength so does the eye contact as well as the black jewellery.
The eye contact and her smile show she is full of confident, a strong character and her smooth skin of her head which has a great shape. The side images show good sharp eye contact and a smile whereas the middle image has no smile but a delicate strong face with wide open eyes and strong eye contact. Even though she’s not wearing lots of make-up she is wearing a strong red lipstick. These pictures are showing a set of 3 pictures, two of either side of her face and the centre full face taken indoors in a studio environment with two lights either side. I wanted to show the front of the face and the sides of the face, more of a 3D version.
However, the above lady is wearing make-up but as evening wear.
So why do black women models, who work for magazines etc., feel they need to wear wigs or waves or is it the photographers and the mass media make them feel they are not beautiful.
Similar images as the above but a younger lady and is
wearing her hair to the one side of her face and the other half is shaved
The female
is wearing very long ear-rings which is showing a statement, just as her plated
hair drops to the one side of her four head.
The side
images show a soft smile and the centre image shows a full
simile.
The right image has been changed to
a very light, soft brown tones and shades so the beauty can be seen differently
and without the make-up.
I think the image on the right side
shows the make-up foundation uneven and this could have been improved with
lighting, for example if there was soft light used and even lighting on either
side to remove the shadows or I could have had the character slightly away from
the wall.
images below are of the same person but , one set is showing the character in the Shade with highlights on one side. The other set shows happy versions of the same character, below which were taken as RAW and the character was made to feel happy and relaxed.
images below are of the same person but , one set is showing the character in the Shade with highlights on one side. The other set shows happy versions of the same character, below which were taken as RAW and the character was made to feel happy and relaxed.
camera setting below
My inspiration came from Rembrandtthe & Mona Lisa. The posture is of Mona Lisa and the lighting idea is from Rembrandt and there are two samples below
RAW and the character was made to feel happy and relaxed, below with camera settings
Nikon D90
f/10
1/140 sec
ISO 200
32mm
No flash but, two studio lights on either side
CANON 600D
F/11
1/25sec
ISO 3200
18mm
No flash, but two studio lights on either side of the person
below same character as the above showing; she is staring through the window thinking of the big world out there and her long life ahead of her.
below same character as the above showing; she is staring through the window thinking of the big world out there and her long life ahead of her.
the above is a cool surrounding and below is showing warm early morning with the sunrise shinning on her face.
CANON 700D
F/11
1/25sec
ISO 640
25mm
No flash, but indoor environment also natural light coming through the window
NIKON-D3000,
F/4.5, 1/50sec, ISO 400, 18mm.
ONE STUDIO
LIGHT WAS COVESRED WITH A BRIGHT PINKESH COLOURED FABRIC
No flash, but studio lights on either side
The above image, contrast and colour balance has
been changed to improve the picture & darkening to show more details of the facial
features and make-up, even thought the picture is slightly dark but, its what I wanted and
nothing else has been changed.
From the image below, you can see the original image and it can be seen that it is bright and less details of the facial features can be seen.
NIKON-D3000
F/5.6
1/55sec
ISO 400
35mm
No flash,
but studio lights on either side was used
AND ONE STUDIO LIGHT WAS COVERED WITH A PINK COLOURED FABRIC
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below is the same character showing the back and the whole picture of the same character sil- olet of the character and center image shows half of the face, with camera settings below.
BELOW ARE THE CAMERA SETTINS
First
picture – half body: NIKON-D3000, F/5, 1/50sec, ISO 400, 36mm
MIDDLE IMAGE: NIKON-D3000, F/5, 1/50sec, ISO 400, 35mm
18mm. ONE STUDIO LIGHT WAS COVESRED WITH A BRIGHT PINKESH COLOURED FABRIC
No flash, but studio lights on either side
NIKON-D3000
F/5.6
1/55sec
ISO 400
35mm
No flash, but studio lights on either side
AND ONE STUDIO WAS COVERED WITH A COLOURED FABRIC
NIKON-D3000
F/5.6
1/55sec
ISO 400
35mm
same image but picture show behind stained glass
NIKON-D3000
F/5.6
1/55sec
ISO 400
35mm
No flash, but studio lights on either side
AND ONE STUDIO WAS COVESRED WITH A COLOURED FABRIC
The beauty of freckles, a set of studio images
1st- worked from raw, see camera settings below.
Canon D700
F/5
1/25 sec
ISO 400
38mm
No flash, but studio lights
CANON 700D
F/5.6
1/55sec
ISO 400
27mm
No flash, but studio lights on either side
Canon D700
F/5
1/25 sec
ISO 400
33mm
No flash, but studio lights on either side and worked with raw
CANON-650D
F/5.6
1/40sec
ISO 1600
18mm
No flash, but studio lights on either side
AND ONE STUDIO WAS COVESRED WITH A COLOURED FABRIC
Nikon D700
f/11
1/160 sec
ISO 200
17mm
No flash
Nikon D700
f/11
1/160 sec
ISO 200
17mm
No flash
Nikon D700
f/11
1/160 sec
ISO 200
17mm
No flash
Canon D650D
F/4.5
1/60sec
ISO 1600
38mm
No flash, BUT INDOOR LIGHTS
Canon D650D
F/4.5
1/60sec
ISO 1600
33mm
No flash, BUT INDOOR LIGHTS and the ones below had the same settings as the one above
.JPG)
Nikon D700
F/10
1/200 sec
ISO 200
17mm
No flash,
but studio lights and from raw
Canon D650D
F/4
1/60sec
ISO 1600
25mm
No flash, BUT INDOOR LIGHTS
The Photo
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What is it of? Where did you take it? What is the main subject of the photo
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Why you took it
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Why did you frame/zoom to the scene you have taken. What is the main point of the photo. What you are interested in with the picture.
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How you took it
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What settings did you use. What sort of depth of field you used.
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What did you do to it in Photoshop
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e.g. sharpen, levels, colour balance.
Any other tools you have used e.g. Layers, Hue/Saturation, Dodge and Burn etc
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How could you improve it
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What was the light like when you took it, would it be better in the sun for instance? It the composition ok?
Does the work you have done in Photoshop improve the image?
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That’s a lot of time to spend castigating yourself.
These are no doubt alarming statistics, but it’s difficult to understand the emotional impact of these beliefs from cold numbers alone. Perhaps that’s why the team at Dove decided to perform a social experiment to test whether women’s perceptions of their bodies differ from those of a stranger’s. And they went about it in a way that might surprise you: by enlisting the help of a forensic sketch artist.
These are no doubt alarming statistics, but it’s difficult to understand the emotional impact of these beliefs from cold numbers alone. Perhaps that’s why the team at Dove decided to perform a social experiment to test whether women’s perceptions of their bodies differ from those of a stranger’s. And they went about it in a way that might surprise you: by enlisting the help of a forensic sketch artist.
Dove recruited seven women of varying ages and backgrounds and asked an FBI-trained forensic artist to create composite sketches based on each woman’s description of her face. In the video, it quickly becomes apparent just how much the messages each woman has received about her physical appearance over the course of her life — often from family, the media, etc — shape the way she sees herself. And often, unsurprisingly, her underlying body hatred shines through.“My mom told me I had a big jaw,” one woman says. And another: “I kind of have a fat, rounder face.”
The experiment was part of Dove’s larger Campaign for Real Beauty, and in my opinion this video is moving in part because it sheds light on just how far our beliefs about what we look like can stray from reality. I can’t help but think back to the days when, in the heat of my own battle with anorexia, I would gaze at this emaciated skeleton in the mirror and see only a “pooch belly” and “flabby arms.” It didn’t matter how skinny I got, my body was never “good enough.” Fixing/controlling/hating my body had become a way of trying to work through emotions I didn’t have the skills to communicate at the time. I needed to hate my body, because it was too hard to express what I really hated… myself.
Looking back, it’s nearly unbelievable to me now that I was so unaware of how distorted my view of my body had become. I honestly believed I was fat, no matter how many times the people around me or numbers on a scale suggested otherwise.I think it’s important to acknowledge here that you don’t have to have a clinical eating disorder to have distorted body image. Many of us are taught from an early age to loathe and fix and control our bodies, and these early experiences lay the groundwork for the seemingly mild distortions shown in this video, as well as more serious problems, like obesity and eating disorders. We learn to starve away anger and anxiety — or, similarly, eat until sorrow and loneliness disappear. We let our body speak the messages we can’t give voice to. We come to hate our bodies, often because we hate ourselves.
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Documentary of
Women’s True Genetic Beauty
This is a
documentary assignment about women faces of different ages, groups, races, skin
tones, and culture. Basically, this documentary will show, in the 21st
century the true beauty of women and their naturally
inherited facial features. It will show what real beauty is with and without
make-up for different groups of women and not what the mass media tries to
portray as beauty. In this documentary, you will see pictures of women’s
faces which show their true features and beauty shining from
them. You will not see airbrushed representations of beauty, apart one image
for contrast, just the women as they are in reality. It will avoid showing masks
created to deceive the viewer.
Is beauty as a result of a genetic inheritance or as result of
manipulation and cultural ideals? Who controls this idea of beauty; nature,
women or men?
Men own and run the mass media and the fashion houses?
Is beauty
the central identity of a woman or is it our genetic material that holds the
key of our true beauty?
The images
that I have taken are mostly in sets of three. They show two side views of a
woman face and a front face view. It will show the women in various
environments and styles. Each female has their own unique facial features and hair
styles creating their own identity which will shine out in each picture.
This will be seen in each image no matter how the person looks or how much
make-up she is wearing.
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