This weekend I booked out the lighting kit and a Cannon 5D Mark 1 in aid of practising, experimenting and fundamentally gaining confidence using the kit. I invited Trish and Angela over to my house as models offering them a print each as incentive. The idea with the following was to create an image that was ambiguous and related itself to some extent to a film. I asked Trish to sit comfortably at the head of the table with an expressionless face.
I used the snoot for this image because I wanted Trish to be the focus and her surroundings to be darkened; furthermore the snoot has the ability to add a dramatic element to the image. Originally I asked Trish to sit with her hands and forearms laid out on the table. However whilst taking the image and setting the lighting to my liking I realised I wasn’t convinced by the composition.
Next I asked her to place her arms by her side, this time however I felt there was too much space available and wanted her arms on the table however not as apparent and prominent as in the previous image.
FINAL IMAGE
Eventually I was happy with her arms resting comfortably on the table and her body slightly lent forward. I am quite happy with the set up of the image and the expression on her face which does not say a lot to the viewer. In editing I slightly increased the exposure and the blacks.
I like the last two pictures; to me the first is like she is waiting for someone, and the second pose she is getting ready to confront that person.
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