This section was very challenging but really tested my skills in a good way, I loved it. Titles and descriptions are in each photo when you click on it.
I really loved how in bannack, all of the lighting was so natural, I didn’t use flash for any of these photos and loved how they turned out.
The photos that have auxiliary lighting are the couple, Ariana in red, the woman playing the piano, and the bearded man with the gun. The girl with the gun is outside in natural light.My favorite picture is of Ariana in red.
Cactus
F 11 | 1/125 | Used a desk lamp for the lighting and no flash
Water Drop in front of Johnny Cash
F 9 | 1/200 | Desk lamp, no flash. Used Johnny Cash record for the color
Water in a Plastic Bag
F 8 | 1/125 | Desk lamp, no flash. Enhanced color in photoshop.
Mini Lantern Lights
F8 | 1/25 | No flash. These were little lantern lights hanging in my sister’s room.
Miss Queen City
F 11 | 1/15 | Natural light, no flash. Mini tiara that belongs to my roommate.
Randy’s Ring
F11 | 1/200 | Christmas lights, no flash. Ring my step-father gave me on a fur blanket.
I really enjoyed this project. I don’t have a zoom lens and I was out of town for the weekend so it was a little difficult, but I really liked the creativity that I was allowed to use. I tried more new lighting techniques and overall had a really good time.
I think this is one of the most difficult projects so far this semester. I really wanted to do something unique with the lighting in my portraits but I think I just ended up messing them up. I’m still getting used to the settings on my camera but I really like photoshop. I was able to edit out blemishes on my friends faces and add light and more interesting elements. I spent most of my time editing, but I think I’ll stick to natural light next time.
So the object that I chose to get perspective on is my record player. I love this object because It’s one of my prized possessions. Since it isn’t one of the newer players that you see in stores now, there were a lot of interesting components to it that I haven’t noticed before. I used my canon T6 and placed the record player on the floor of my apartment living room by the window for natural light. I mostly used the shallow techniques we learned about last week. For the masking overlay, which is in the individual picture of the needle,I used a chemical burn and masked it to look almost like a soft sun flare. I really enjoyed this project and though it was really unique.
Here is a thumbnail of the chemical burn texture:
The first two pictures I used F 10 to get the focus smaller, and rested the camera on a desk. The second two were my depth photo’s that I took while standing on a chair so I could get a more interesting point of view. I also used a F 22 for these as well. Flash was used for all of the picture except the third one with the Christmas lights.
Camera: Canon T6 Shutter Speed: 1″6 FLmm with flash
“Antonio Shade”
Camera: Canon T6 Shutter Speed: 1″8 FLmm with flash
“Miss Queen City”
Camera: Canon T6 Shutter Speed: 1/500 FL: 55mm with flash
“Black is Beautiful”
Camera: Canon T6 Shutter Speed: 1/350 FL: 55mm with flash
“Jacket Strings”
Cry Hard Laugh Harder 