Showing posts with label studio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label studio. Show all posts
Monday, June 1, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Studio Class - Week Two Shoot...
exploring the relationship between light and how it effects the emotive nature of photography.
we decided on a few themes for the days shoot. Evil, loss & greed. Although we only really explored evil as it was the only theme i had brought props in for. I decided to go with the crazy lumberjack look as i thought it was easy to portray with my grotesque facial hair.
Using a simple light setup of one light with softbox to the right of the subject. It's interesting to see how the lighting strategy can create an eerie, mysterious feel. And combined with the subjects emotive physical traits, can really represent a strong feel of the theme of evil...
Some of these shots are quite descriptive in emotion and feeling although the angle at which they are taken is a little static.
I particularly like the action shot, it's kind of what i had in mind before the shoot, and it was only by accident i think that it was actually taken.
we decided on a few themes for the days shoot. Evil, loss & greed. Although we only really explored evil as it was the only theme i had brought props in for. I decided to go with the crazy lumberjack look as i thought it was easy to portray with my grotesque facial hair.
Using a simple light setup of one light with softbox to the right of the subject. It's interesting to see how the lighting strategy can create an eerie, mysterious feel. And combined with the subjects emotive physical traits, can really represent a strong feel of the theme of evil...
Some of these shots are quite descriptive in emotion and feeling although the angle at which they are taken is a little static.
I particularly like the action shot, it's kind of what i had in mind before the shoot, and it was only by accident i think that it was actually taken.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Studio Class - Week One Notes
Studio Shoot.
Using light to create an emotion...
Themes to be explored: Evil, Loss & Greed
some ideas i thought combined with appropriate lighting would capture each of the themes.
Ideas for Evil:
- bloodthirsty lumber jack.
With my beard and a flanno. perhaps an axe. blood splashing. combined with hard light.
typical horror-ish look that i could pull off as the model.
"...i'm a lumberjack and i'm okay".
i'm enjoying this lighting setup. it'd work well for an action pose (similiar to this dickhead). perhaps lunging with axe towards the camera etc...
- flasher/pedophile.
Crazy hair. Long overcoat. Old man's glasses. Harsh lighting from below perhaps.
- crazed business man.
I was thinking a man with a business suit with a simple bowtie. Splattered with blood.
creating a look as though he'd just gone a killing spree. bright light maybe?? create mixed messages.
Ideas for Loss:
- bushfire victim.
singed clothing. ash on face. look of despair. would bring about strong emotions. could perhaps be something seen on fundraising media. similar to advertising recreating traffic accident awareness etc.
i could see this image working really well for loss, really captures the details in the face.
- widow mourning death.
black dress and headdress. dark makeup (perhaps makeup running)
Ideas for Greed:
- Money falling from sky.
photocopy money and print lots out. bright colour. bright light.
Greasy looking man in suit. Fat man?
haha. awesome!
- Man stuffing his face.
table full of food. man stuffing his mouth. food falling to the table. high key.
Using light to create an emotion...
Themes to be explored: Evil, Loss & Greed
some ideas i thought combined with appropriate lighting would capture each of the themes.
Ideas for Evil:
- bloodthirsty lumber jack.
With my beard and a flanno. perhaps an axe. blood splashing. combined with hard light.
typical horror-ish look that i could pull off as the model.
"...i'm a lumberjack and i'm okay".
i'm enjoying this lighting setup. it'd work well for an action pose (similiar to this dickhead). perhaps lunging with axe towards the camera etc...
- flasher/pedophile.
Crazy hair. Long overcoat. Old man's glasses. Harsh lighting from below perhaps.
- crazed business man.
I was thinking a man with a business suit with a simple bowtie. Splattered with blood.
creating a look as though he'd just gone a killing spree. bright light maybe?? create mixed messages.
Ideas for Loss:
- bushfire victim.
singed clothing. ash on face. look of despair. would bring about strong emotions. could perhaps be something seen on fundraising media. similar to advertising recreating traffic accident awareness etc.
i could see this image working really well for loss, really captures the details in the face.
- widow mourning death.
black dress and headdress. dark makeup (perhaps makeup running)
Ideas for Greed:
- Money falling from sky.
photocopy money and print lots out. bright colour. bright light.
Greasy looking man in suit. Fat man?
haha. awesome!
- Man stuffing his face.
table full of food. man stuffing his mouth. food falling to the table. high key.
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