Happy Accidents
Creative Arts Exhibition Submission.
Advanced Lighting
Unfortunatley, we forgot to take photos of our lighting setup for any of these. We also took many more photos than this but im only putting in one for each lighting for space purposes. This first one generic angled lighting. The camera was off to the left as the light was on the right high up and angled straight. This light gives a nice frame on the individual, brightening up their features while still having some contrast. However, there is the negative of the shadow of the model on the backgriud, but that's also due to our color choice. This would be good for fashion or portrait.
Overhead lighting. The camera was faced directly at the model, as the lighting was raised high and angled all the way downwards. This light adds a lot of contrast to the face and individual, and does well at highlighting features. It was one of my favorite lighting's we did. However, it is somewhat difficult to set up and a lot of our photo's kept getting a dark black bar on the bottom, though I'm not sure why. I think this lighting is good for setting a moodier portrait.
Two lights. In this photo, we got the big light and the small light and angled them on the left and right corners of our setup. I liked how this one illuminated the model well, while also still allowing for contrast depth to appear in their attire and face. However, some photo's were too bright depending on the exposure we had. I think this lighting would be good for modelling or product.
Head on lighting. The light was placed in front of the camera at eye level, facing the model directly.This was my least favorite. Although after some adjustments we got the depth to look right, a majority of the photos made the models look pale or flat without definition. It was also difficult to try and take photos behind the lighting without getting it in the frame. I do still think this lighting works well for modelling.
To the side. For these photo's, the light was moved all the way to the left facing the model from the side at eye-level. This was one of my favorites. I lov ed the way it highlighted the models face when they turned to angle themselves slightly to where the light was. I loved the effect it had on our background too, creating an ombre affect. However, when the model turned the other way or didn't angle towards the light, their face would become dark and unrecognizable. I think this lighting is good for fashion ot portrait.
Negative Space
This photo is my favorite that I've done so far. As a writer, I feel as though expressing my art through photo is difficult, as I feel it can get repetitive. But I loved this idea of writing in the sky and how that could be a good example of negative space. However, I'm not sure if by adding the writing, I got rid of the fact that the space was negative. Either way, the raw image without the text still looks beautiful to me. More than anything, I wish I had neater handwriting, since I tried to write the word over and over for longer than I'd like to admit.
Fine Art Still Life
The difficulty I had with this assignment (besides the gross trash fishing) was my issue with structure and lighting. I found it dificult to set up the trash in a way that looked natural yet still placed intentionaly. Also, while trying to get shadows, my camera would often go dark at times or too bright and throw off the image. Regardless, I'm decently happy with the final result.
60/40 Photoshop
Bloom- The background flowers in this photo were photographed by me, where as the stairs and woman dancing was ohotograohed by Vladimir Florer in Texcoco, Mexico. My photoshop skills aren't the best, but I used the little knowledge I remembered from Digital Mixed Media to somewhat help me create this.