Perfume Bottles

These photographs are all my best images so far into my project. My project is about Boundaries, I decided to go with the concept of vanity being a boundary of letting the world see who you really are. My project has developed from this starting point and is now still life objects to do with vanity, instead of portraiture.  I think they all work well as a composition as they all have a vintage vibe towards them. I think the patterned background all work very well to compliment the bottles and the series. The striped background gives a French atmosphere and feeling to the images and the floral print gives a feminine atmosphere. The top two images look very vintage and antique where as the bottom two images look more modern.

The first image I used quiet a loose framing, with a short depth of field as I felt the image looked well being the central focus. 

The second image I used a tight framing with a short depth of field, just to get the lettering in focus as I think the lettering added to the vintage vibe to this photograph. 

The third image I decided to go with a central approach again, but to add more of a shadowed and highlighted effect within the glass of the bottle. I think it worked well as the highlights where captured in complimentary places. The direct approach works well for this bottle as you get to see the curvaceousness of the bottle.

The forth photography works well because of the one third rule. The fact that the bottle is off centre works really well for this photograph. I decided to shoot the bottle form a slightly higher angle as it captured an interesting highlight and shadowed area on the bottle itself. The overall composition and framing work well within this shot. 

The fifth shot is a simple medium framing, long depth of field shot. The main focus of this shot is line as there are the horizontal lone from the material and the vertical lines of the bottle as there doesn't seem to be any liquid in the bottle. I decided to shoot the bottle in portrait format as I felt that with the bottle being longer then wider it works better and compliments the rectangular shape of the bottle.

The sixth shot is of a small bottle, I used a short depth of field and got the letters in focus as i felt the letters would make a good central point of view. I think this shot works well from the highlights from the lid of the bottle and the shape of the bottle.