I wasn't keen on my 'Blue Peter' make shift light and reflectors - I am one who likes to have all the right equipment. On a previous course I did some studio work with all the proper equipment and I produced some really good pictures of one of my fellow students. I am sure I would enjoy lighting more if I did have the correct lights etc.. but hopefully that will come.
My photographs are not all of the same subject as specified, but I hope that doesn't matter too much. I have taken them under the following headings.
SHAPE
The sun was very low here, and it shows the silhouetted shape of the subject making the detail hard to see, but highlighting the outline.
This also shows 'shape', although the detail is slightly more visible the outline shape is more dominant. The low sunlight here sparkles on the sea.
FORM
The way the sun catches the body on both of these pictures, the shadows show the form giving them a 3 dimensional look.
TEXTURE
This picture was taken in full sun which highlighted the colours of the hair, showing the texture, the sun also highlights the skin and lips giving them a glow. I had taken another example of this shot in shadow and the hair lost all life and looked dull, dense and uninteresting.
Here there is texture to both Hannahs hair and the dogs coat, again in the daylight, there are shadows to Hannahs face and if I had wanted to remove those I could have used my flash to fill the shadows. I quite like the picture as it is - that may be wrong.
COLOUR
This was taken in full sun with the subject facing the sun. I think my favourite pictures are taken in the sun, but maybe that will change, however I also feel that colour is shown at its best on a bright sunny day. Here the clothes colour is strong.
This final shot is taken indoors with a flash, it shows both skin colours and clothes colour well, especially against the dark background.
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