Summer Photos 2014

Hornby Island, 08/16/2014

Vancouver Pride Parade, 08/03/14

Hornby Island, 08/15/2014

Cross Processing

Studio Lighting Planning

Hatchet/Side lighting

Hatchet/Side lighting is a technique which creates a shadowed side of the subjects face; using this technique is an excellent way of emphasizing texture and defining depth. This can be obtained by using a light to illuminate one side of the subjects face, while the other side remains dark.

Rembrandt

Named after the Dutch painter, Rembrandt is a lighting technique that produces an illuminated triangle under the eye of the subject on the shadow side of their face. It can be achieved using one light and a reflector or two lights.

Glamour/Butterfly lighting

Glamour or butterfly is a style of lighting that creates a shadow under the subjects nose which looks like a "butterfly". It is created with the use of one light source behind the camera and above eye or head level of the subject.

Portrait studio lighting tutorial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNA5-FMhBYo

For all the lighting scenarios, I plan to keep the background just white so emphasize can remain on the subjects and the lighting styles. I would like to try using different types of costumes, like recreating outfits from different decades.  Also, I want to try using all sorts of different props in my images. I am not concerned about whether or not my subjects wear make-up, just so long as the lighting situations create interesting images.

White Balance

Cross Processing Examples

Cross processing: the deliberate processing of photographic film in a chemical solution intended for a different type of film



I like this photo because the colour is cool looking and the scene is something I can try and recreate easily.


I chose this photo because I like the blue tone and it appears to sort of illuminate towards the centre of the image.


This photo is an interesting city shot and although the primary colour is green, there are other colours that really stand out in this image.

All of these photos are useful examples for me because they each show different options/ideas for colour and subjects. I would like to try different things in each one of my photos, including:

• landscape (farm, beach, mountains)
• city (buildings, bridges)
• people and animals

Comic Narrative

Double Exposure Reflection

I chose this photo because I like the way that the two textures overlap each other. Also, I like it because it is like rural (the trees) crossing with urban (the brick wall). The way that the trees are drawn into her face works well and the exposure is just right

After examining my contact sheets I realized that there were many things I could have done better to have more successful photos. The main thing I should have done was check the aperture and make sure it was correct. Overall, I'm quite happy with the majority of my photos. Even though all the textures were in the wrong places and some were over/under exposed, it turned out well and produced some interesting images.

The whole double exposure project was frustrating to say the least, but now that I know this technique it may be of use to me one day. Although I had to re-due it many times, it only helped me to produce better photos in the end.