“The brightest flame casts the darkest shadow.”
- George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
The series of photos I have taken this week have a consistent subject matter, shadows. Each photo has been composed carefully around a primary principle, the light and lack of it.The desaturation of the images are also an important contributing factor and aid in creating consistency. Creating this images challenged my existing knowledge of camera techniques and composition particularly my usage of light. The photos came about after experimentation of my abilities and how I could bring my visions to life. Taking the pictures I always kept my main theme in mind, shadows.
I have found that manipulation of light and shadow in images is a direct way of creating changes in the photos perception, hence I decided to focus on that in the past weeks. It was inspired by my want to capture something so simple as a shadow in a different view; could I turn the shadow itself into the subject? In my experience photographing, it is always one of my goals as an artist to reflect an appropriate mood in the photo. The atmosphere is important to consider as it gives depth and meaning to photographs. As I worked in this perspective I found that a shadow was effective in adding mood and tone to a photo. A shadow can be more than the absence of light in a photograph. It can be the main principle conveying mood and representing the ideas of what is unknown, of another reality within our own.
I was proud at how my finished images turned out as I found that I saw things I hadn't noted before. In the photo of the people I see the isolation of the dark inside the light. When I see the clock I see past the hands and numbers, and instead what is in light and what is in dark. The final pieces are different that what I expected, however they still bring my focus to my initial theme, shadows. After taking these photos I have gained skills in adding depth and tone to images, from the shadows.
- George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
The series of photos I have taken this week have a consistent subject matter, shadows. Each photo has been composed carefully around a primary principle, the light and lack of it.The desaturation of the images are also an important contributing factor and aid in creating consistency. Creating this images challenged my existing knowledge of camera techniques and composition particularly my usage of light. The photos came about after experimentation of my abilities and how I could bring my visions to life. Taking the pictures I always kept my main theme in mind, shadows.
I have found that manipulation of light and shadow in images is a direct way of creating changes in the photos perception, hence I decided to focus on that in the past weeks. It was inspired by my want to capture something so simple as a shadow in a different view; could I turn the shadow itself into the subject? In my experience photographing, it is always one of my goals as an artist to reflect an appropriate mood in the photo. The atmosphere is important to consider as it gives depth and meaning to photographs. As I worked in this perspective I found that a shadow was effective in adding mood and tone to a photo. A shadow can be more than the absence of light in a photograph. It can be the main principle conveying mood and representing the ideas of what is unknown, of another reality within our own.
I was proud at how my finished images turned out as I found that I saw things I hadn't noted before. In the photo of the people I see the isolation of the dark inside the light. When I see the clock I see past the hands and numbers, and instead what is in light and what is in dark. The final pieces are different that what I expected, however they still bring my focus to my initial theme, shadows. After taking these photos I have gained skills in adding depth and tone to images, from the shadows.