I found this lamp in my aunts house and i thought it was pretty interesting to shoot. I found a black piece of paper in my room and decided to set it as my background. Putting this together made a dramatic set especially with the lighting. I aimed the light on the floor and it casted a beautiful mysterious shadow on the right. The paper can be more clean and hide the texture for next time.
In the midterm project, total transformation. I decided to use my Native American doll and use different objects to style it like a dreamcatcher and an owl. I had problems with the lighting and not knowing what to do to it to make it look different from my other photographs. I really want this one to look the best and display my improvement. I honestly, did not really like how my photographs turned out. When we went on the field trip today, I realized that I haven’t tried doing the lighting up but behind the doll. So, today I’m gonna take some photographs of the doll and scenery with that lighting set to see if it can give it a different effect and feeling.
For this project I decide to use this product that I brought from a trip and I think works well to develop the emotions that I was looking for. I was try to represent some kind of interesting and relax mood because after you see the object that it is the first thing that came to my mind. The transformation trought the images was smooth and I hope that I accomplish the first part of the project. On the second part well see what I can do to transform this object to something oposite to this first part.
For the first part of this total transformation I chose a bright background to light an alarm clock. I like that the surface of the clock itself has a variety of light that can be manipulated to create a feeling. For this first part I choose a more happier than sad mood and to create this making a bright background with some shadows on the sides gave a more happy environment. As the light got closer to the subject the shadows started to fade and created a calm back drop. for this picture i also use a second light with the help of my phone to create an accent light. 
I chose to do my assignment on a box of Crayola crayons. As we can all know, crayons have been a huge part of our childhood-we all loved coloring at one point in our lives. So I chose crayons, knowing that it is a very familiar subject.I had both clamp lights on and one directly above the table I was using. I stuck to using a white curtain on the table.To take the happier pictures, I simply scattered the crayons about and had fun with the subject, especially since crayons are associated with happiness. Some of the crayons in the box were a bit ruined, the wrappers were greasy and the ends of the crayons were broken. I used this to my advantage to photograph the sad|opposite pictures. However, for next week’s assignment, I’m thinking that I may break, crush the crayons to get a REALLY transformed picture…Also, I’m considering using a drawing done with the crayons as part of my happy image.
This time I tried experimenting more with different lighting. It was fun as always but a bit challenging and a great learning experience. I used 4 animals and used several backgrounds and different lighting to set different feelings. I had tons of toys that I could of used and tried couple of them but I wasn’t happy . I like the penguin, it reminds me of the movie “happy feet’ even thought he looks sad here!
This first shoot actually went surprisingly smooth. I chose to photograph something rather easy to manipulate, which was a locket necklace. I think maybe the sad part of the shoot might not come across as strongly as the happy part, or maybe even some of the photos could go either way, depending on the person judging them. I did some minimal adjustments to each photo in photoshop (brightness mostly and a grayscale in one particular photo), but nothing too major. I decided to do 10 happy photos and 10 sad photos, and I also chose to shoot at night with indoor lighting, and for the next shoot I will try doing it with some daylight. For the background I used a light lace material, and for the ground I altered between a wood desk, pillow, and a scarf. I had some trouble picking my favorite photo because there were a lot of favorites, but I settled on this one:
I like the soft lighting and darkness of the photo, and the way the necklace is situated, and it is positioned so far from the lace background that I think it makes the photo sort of distant and lonely.
For this shoot I found a few challenges a few were to try to get all the details on the product that I was trying to photograph. For the light I try to use two lights for this assignment. The two lights that use I try to get the back drop with a gradient and a spot light to separate the object and give it a more mysterious look.
It was great chalenge to think in the use of natural light or a source of light like a simple desktop lamp. So for my shoots I prefered to use the desktop lamp because the light was better to use with this product to show the details. The idea was to create a product elegant but at the same time interestiing to the eyes of futures buyers. I hope that I acomplish the result of the homework
Photographing this perfume was fun to do. The lighting i used with my desktop lamp worked very well. I angled it to the left side of the perfume and it casted a shadow. I love the mood of this picture because it goes with the fragrance.
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