Assignment 12

PART 1

Photograph a shiny object.

f/25 1/60s ISO 100

I started with the light tent and while it did reduce reflections, I found the overall image flat.  My second attempt was to place the product on a white background in between two strobes.  One was set to -3 and other was set to a lower strength.  We noticed in the reflection you could see the rest of the room, so one of our group members had to hold a white board to remove the reflection that was occurring in the rounded portion of the bottom to the left.  I like the drama of the shadow as compared to the flat overexposed image the light tent creates.  In many cases that overexposed look is very appealing, but in this case I liked how with the image better as I liked the shadow and how the light streamed through the bottle.  I also like how there is a black strip cutting through the top of the bottle.

PART 2

Final Project

I would like to explore portraiture using long exposure.

I researched types of light painting and came across light painting portraits using flashlights.

http://photographystatistics.com/how-to-make-unique-portraits-using-light-painting

I had a ton of glowsticks that were left over from a project that proved to be far too complicated so I thought how can I use them in a portrait. 

I went ahead and began setting up the photo shoot based on my research.  Find a room that you can further darken which would be my basement.  Sounds creepy, but actually its not that bad. I set up the camera on a tripod with a speedlight attached (on camera flash).  Cracked a few glowsticks, blackened the lights, closed the door and turned off the lights.  And below is what I got.

f/13   20 s  ISO 800 Manual off camera flash 1/64

Go to my Final post to see what the resulting images looked like.