Thank you to Bob for his suggestion at backlighting!! Here I have tried as you suggested, I like the effects it has on this and the one above. This one was with WB on auto and the cool blue one is with the wb on incandescent just to see the change in colours with the blue cast I love them both
Again thanks for the advice...if you have any other.....feel free to offer, I am all about critique and advice to become better.
PS Bob I am still searching for your blog sight? can't seem to find one? Do you have one?
posted by Pam @ 6:32 PM
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Hey Pam,
I signed up for a blog site (Art Quest) but haven’t bothered constructing it yet. When I get it together it will be about art (how’s that for a bit of the obvious), and it will be sort of a dialogue between me and myself and maybe two others strangers in the night about what, how, and why art is. I guess my plan is to ultimately write a real book, and that will be sort of a catalyst.
I like what you’ve done with your image!
Some further suggestions/directions:
Now take the same picture as the last, but cut your exposure by two stops.
As you probably know, each full “f” stop (aperture) either doubles or halves the amount of light getting into the camera. An aperture of 5.6 lets in twice as much light as f 8. Also, each change of shutter speed doubles or halves – 1/125 let in half as much light as 1/60. That means, an exposure of f8 at 1/125 of a second is exactly the same as f16 at 1/30 of a second (while the exposure for both shots are identical, the depth of field increases in the second, and you would also need a tripod). If you’re not familiar with how that works, let me know.
What I am suggesting is that you underexpose the shot by two stops (either aperture or shutter speed.
After that shot, use the same exposure as the back lit shot you posted, but eliminate all of the front light you are using and rely only on the back light.
Photography is a process of light drawing (Photos – light, graphos, drawing or image). To really enjoy photography, one of your goals should be to learn to use light to achieve images. One of the true joys of photography, I think, is when you go beyond taking pretty pictures of what you can already see, and start producing images that can only come out of photography.
Notice, I’m not talking about “photoshopping” something into the realm of the unbelievable, but using your own eye and imagination directly.
I’m starting to sound pretty preachy – sorry, but I like your images, and it is clear that you are excited by the prospects of what you are creating. That appeals to the teacher in me.
Keep shooting! Bob bobsouvorin@mindspring.com
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