Domestications

2nd set 10 photos

This second set I went for variety in household items. I like this set a lot better and find it more interesting. This set also not only focuses on light and shadow, but a majority of them focus on the color of light. I really like the effect that different color lights or the reflection of light off a colored surface produces. I will experiment with this the next time I shoot. I also think I need more shots with foreground and also background. Most of these photos are all pretty close up and I could get more variety with the amount of foreground I include

1st set 10 photos

 This first set I focused on just curtains, and I think as a whole, they get monotonous. Although there are photos that focus more on light and then others that focus more on shadow, the curtain is just too recurring and the set needs variety. All of these photos are also taken with a vertical emphasis (the curtain going straight up and down) so the next time I shoot I will take them from more extreme angles and experiment with that.

Environmental portrait re-shoot

With these environmental portraits, I wanted to capture the personality of my subject while the environment lends to this personality. The first time I shot my environmental portraits, I focused too much on the setting and how that informs and kind of let the subject come second. I really like the first photo because I was secretly photographing my brother through a crack in the door and then he looked up and this is what came out of that. He's a really conscientious student and spends so much time studying and doing homework so I photographed his serious side of him amongst all his books and papers. The lighting also gives the photo a moody, late-night feeling, lazy feeling.

Second Set for Final

 

This second set I focused more on drapery as my subject and how the light overcomes the shadow (with the exception of the last photo), rather than in my first set where shadow is more prominent. I think these images are less strong than the first set because the identity of the object is too obvious rather than abstracted like in the first set. For example, I really enjoy the last photo here because the viewer can tell that the subject is a curtain, but only because the light and shadow reveal the shapes and folds within the curtain, rather than the curtain just existing (like in the first 2 photos of this series). So, for the next time I shoot I want to try and let the light and shadow reveal the subject in a way, rather than just taking a picture of the object existing. I think the last photo here is more successful also because the curtain was somewhat sheer and allowed some sunlight to come through. So I will also try to experiment with the opaqueness of objects.

First final shoot

With my first shoot, I focused mostly on one subject- two pillows alongside strong lighting. I really enjoyed the contrast between the strong dark shadow and the delicate light upon the pillow in the last photo and I want to explore this more. I focused on small details that usually go un-noticed and in doing so, I shot from extreme angles and this really transformed the object into something else-more abstracted. I want to explore this more the next time I shoot. Also, I originally wanted to shoot in a ll black and white, but the colors I think in these really transform the photo and give the photo a different mood-almost creepy and sterile in a way (like in the third photo).

final idea

The power of light has a heavy influence on the mood and feeling of a photograph. When shadows conceal and light reveals, how does this affect the mood of the photo? At what point does the shadow and light come together to transform a concrete, representational object into an abstract form that is no longer recognizable