This past weekend, I shot shadows and light. My "studio" was in my basement, with the background (where the shadows are cast) being a chalk board. The source of light I used was two flashlights. One of the flashlights gave off more of a white light and the other gave off more of an orange light. Finally, I used a quilt for the "ground" that the objects could rest on. One thing I learned from this project was that the element for example, light color, all has to do with the subject in the image. I found with the industrial biker I liked the white light better, and with the African animals I liked the orange light better (because it gave the picture a more Savannah sunset feel). I also learned that the ISO especially with the orange light can get the subject very grainy if you go about 400. I had fun trying different subjects and realized some "models" are more photogenic than others. The best picture (found below) I really like because it is very clear and it looks like the biker's shadow is riding up a hill while the actual biker is biking flat. I created the hills and platforms seen in my photos below with a frying pan, the quilt, and a wooden pencil holder! Finally at the bottom is the moose pictures with a starburst effect with the candle (fire) light. I learned how to do this at the photo walk I took a few weeks ago in Ann Arbor. I applied this cool photography trick to the project and I love how it turned out! The candle placement was sort of an accident, so that was really fun to see the results. Shutter Speed: 0.8 seconds
Aperture: f/stop 5.6 ISO: 200 The editing I did the photo above was raise the saturation a little bit to make the biker less washed out by the white intensity. Also, I cropped the the photo so the bikers head and body was in the left third and towards the bottom third (achieving the ascetically pleasing composition of the rule of thirds). Finally, I raised the clarity so the biker would end up very crisp and a little bit edgy, which I though may intrigue people that would look at the photo.
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