Portraits
Dieter underneath Waterloo bridge. Nice light there.
Tried out the 105mm lens . Very different to my 50mm one. More intimate. Strong colours.
105mm lens again.The focus is only along the outline of her profile
Portraits in my home studio
Practising studio lighting
The background is not yet evenly lit. I used one flashlight from left to get rid of the shadows on the wall . I should have used two, I think. Aimed for butterfly lighting from the front, using a soft box.
Again the background is not evenly lit. And Katja doesn’t have the light from the soft box in her eyes.But I like their expression and the way they are sitting on the chair.
The left picture is butterfly lighting , the right one Rembrandt.Using only one soft box. I should have may be used two soft boxes for the right photo,or positioned the model further away from the background and put one light against the background. Next time.
Daffodils are my assigned studio objects. I was trying different ways .Overexposed against the flashlight, so it would like I am shooting into the sunlight.Or using blue background, making it look like against the sky. Or lost inside daffodils.
Daffodil, Wendy and a handbag
I researched Cindy Sherman, amongst others for my studio project, because I was inspired by the way she uses light in a very obvious way to create certain moods and even narratives. It made me think to think may be of a concept or sth I want to bring across , even when taking just a portrait.
In the portrait with the daffodil, since it is a plastic one, it was the idea of a woman with her out of fashion handbag to be waiting for something. A contained mood.
Taken in the college studio. Black background, Beauty dish from the right side. Snoot light (which is a very pointed light) from the left. I was inspired by Cindy Sherman,who creates different moods by changing t he light. Depending on the focus, strength and direction of the light one creates completely different moods.I wanted the focus of the light by mainly on the daffodil followed by the face.
For Health and Safety
I had to make sure the table is sturdy enough for Wendy to sit on. No cables running across , not to trip over. Make sure the lights had cooled down, before I wanted to change it from soft box to snoot.
Daffodil studio shot
Taken in the college studio , white background and one light from the left, hence the strong shadow, which I actually like. It gives it a sunny feel. The daffodils are a mixture of plastic perfect ones and some real ones which are on their way out. The vase is from my grandmother. The shadow on the vase has the same colour like the shadow on the ground
Two friends.
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