I'll just go ahead and say that this project was a lot harder than I expected. However, it really challenged me to play with my camera and really get to know its features.
For this project, I had to create two silhouette-style photos. The concept is fairly simple: take a photo that's lit from the back and is completely shadowed or blacked out in the foreground.
As challenging as this was, I really enjoy the results.
My first "silhouette" picture is of a slinky (or, rather, the shadow silhouette of a slinky). The slinky I happened to have in my dorm cast an interesting shadow on my dorm wall.
This second picture is one I'm extremely proud of. As simple as making a heart with my hands looks, I had to do a lot of work to create this shot. My camera is at an ISO of 1600, with a halogen bulb-like sensitivity setting, and no flash is used at all. I used a self timer in order to make my hands free.
In conclusion, this assignment showed me that I could really create good pictures by fiddling and tweaking the inner components of my camera. Because of the pictures I took for this post, I learned so much about what my camera can do.
Two very good shots; you chose wisely. Using the flash would have inherently changed the assignment. The flash would have been direct light on your subject instead of behind. Way to go!
ReplyDeleteI agree that finding these shots were challenging but the ones you got out of it were awesome. I especially like the slinky one because there is an element of mystery to it.
ReplyDeleteLove the blues in both photos...so creative sweetie!!
ReplyDeleteLove, Mom
I really really like the picture with the heart as a silhouette. It is such a common hand gesture nowadays and I like how you made it look different with it blacked out.
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