Front View
Portrait
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Author: Avar He Zapata (Page 2 of 6)
I chose these two pictures because I think they both look unique compared to what other people would normally do with a project like this. I wanted to try if I could use some of the photography elements we learned early in the semester. So I placed the shades in front of the camera lens and I took another picture of myself behind my balcony door. I wanted to capture pictures with a kind of cinematic flair; almost like if my album has a hidden narrative.
To get a clean silhouette, I first decided that I want this new album to be in black and white since I feel that the lack of colors would help my lighting and shadings pop out more. In lightroom, I just messed around with the adjustments, trying to find what work and didn’t work for me. I mainly wanted to show some details from out the window, but ultimately I wanted to also darken (or hide) the objects/furniture inside my apartment so that my body silhouette would stand out.
On flickr, my album may consist of photos that look like ordinary black and white photos with very little lighting adjustments but that’s mainly because it was on a very bright day and I didn’t want the pictures to look to dark or over-exposed.
Split Light
Butterfly Light
Short Light 1
Short Light 2
Broad Light
Rembrandt Light
I personally found all these lighting positions difficult to compose. Mainly because I have a bright camera flashlight positioned on my work table. In the end however, I think every photo turned out just right in my opinion.
I like this picture because I think white blossoms against a black background works to reveal more features. Everything is crumpled together to show off a certain aspect of the composition.
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