Reflective Photography: Experiments
Mar. 4th, 2018 04:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shantellI'd been hoping to experiment with light painting and reflective photography, but because I've been working so intensely on my studio project, I haven't had any time to make a proper blacked-out room at home. I've had no time to go to campus to use the studio there. So I decided to experiment with natural daylight and with the various lights I have at home.
My first experiment was prompted by our house renovations. Some cans of house paint have been sitting in the upstairs hallway for a while, and when I came upstairs the other day, I saw that the afternoon sun was showing off their reflective nature quite nicely. In addition, the cans were reflected off the hardwood floor.
I tried several shots of this before deciding to add some lamp light from the east to give a little more rim-lighting.
Here's the first shot:
If I'd gone with the can photos, I'd have chosen this one:
Later, while I was tidying up my room, I grabbed an empty chip bag to throw out. Then I thought I could get some interesting textures/effects by photographing the inside of it. I washed out the crumbs and made sure there were still plenty of water droplets for added texture. It took several shots before I could find a way to keep the camera's reflection out of the bag. Ultimately, I went for a shot which took advantage of reflected background. I wrapped myself in a bright orange towel and ended up with this:
I like this one because the chaos of the wrinkled chip bag resolves to a Fibonacci Spiral.
My first experiment was prompted by our house renovations. Some cans of house paint have been sitting in the upstairs hallway for a while, and when I came upstairs the other day, I saw that the afternoon sun was showing off their reflective nature quite nicely. In addition, the cans were reflected off the hardwood floor.
I tried several shots of this before deciding to add some lamp light from the east to give a little more rim-lighting.
Here's the first shot:
If I'd gone with the can photos, I'd have chosen this one:
Later, while I was tidying up my room, I grabbed an empty chip bag to throw out. Then I thought I could get some interesting textures/effects by photographing the inside of it. I washed out the crumbs and made sure there were still plenty of water droplets for added texture. It took several shots before I could find a way to keep the camera's reflection out of the bag. Ultimately, I went for a shot which took advantage of reflected background. I wrapped myself in a bright orange towel and ended up with this:
I like this one because the chaos of the wrinkled chip bag resolves to a Fibonacci Spiral.
