I'm not sure if we were supposed to comment on this picture or if it was just being shared, but I figured I would share my thoughts in case. I really love this picture! Natasha looks great and I love the contrast of her bright earring with her pale white shirt. I think I especially appreciate the photo because I saw all the preparation that went into it! Adding and subtracting light as well as moving the board around to direct the light into the proper areas took a lot of effort. It's great to see how great it all looks!
It wasn't until this class that I really understood how light and dark impact photos. I this far in the class I have always gone for direct light in photos and avoided darkness, however I now understand the power of darkness in a photo and clearly see how darkness presents a different narrative than the light. One thing that I find very interesting is how the light is shaped around my head. I'm not sure if that is natural or if that is the result of digital edits. I also wonder how this picture would look if it had been taken in black and white rather than color. As Grace pointed out, the contrast between the earring and the shirt are what pop in this picture, however if it were in black and white I'm not sure that the contrast between the two would be as eye catching.
I'm also not sure if we are supposed to comment on this but I thought that the demo last class was very helpful. I think I have a much better idea of how to do portraits now with natural light; I had no idea they could look this good using only a window. Using something white to bounce light for the fill and opening the windows in the back to get some separation between Natasha's head and the background also make a lot more sense. This technique sorta reminded me of the blog post that we had awhile ago that talked about building up images from the dark rather than subtracting from the light because that seems to be what we are doing here. Now I'm excited to develop my roll that I took while we were doing this and also to try to take some more portraits using this technique.
I'm not sure if we were supposed to comment on this picture or if it was just being shared, but I figured I would share my thoughts in case. I really love this picture! Natasha looks great and I love the contrast of her bright earring with her pale white shirt. I think I especially appreciate the photo because I saw all the preparation that went into it! Adding and subtracting light as well as moving the board around to direct the light into the proper areas took a lot of effort. It's great to see how great it all looks!
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't until this class that I really understood how light and dark impact photos. I this far in the class I have always gone for direct light in photos and avoided darkness, however I now understand the power of darkness in a photo and clearly see how darkness presents a different narrative than the light. One thing that I find very interesting is how the light is shaped around my head. I'm not sure if that is natural or if that is the result of digital edits. I also wonder how this picture would look if it had been taken in black and white rather than color. As Grace pointed out, the contrast between the earring and the shirt are what pop in this picture, however if it were in black and white I'm not sure that the contrast between the two would be as eye catching.
ReplyDeleteI'm also not sure if we are supposed to comment on this but I thought that the demo last class was very helpful. I think I have a much better idea of how to do portraits now with natural light; I had no idea they could look this good using only a window. Using something white to bounce light for the fill and opening the windows in the back to get some separation between Natasha's head and the background also make a lot more sense. This technique sorta reminded me of the blog post that we had awhile ago that talked about building up images from the dark rather than subtracting from the light because that seems to be what we are doing here. Now I'm excited to develop my roll that I took while we were doing this and also to try to take some more portraits using this technique.
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