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So after dabbling with basic lighting and posting the results, I wrote a comment about nude photography and my pathetically bad attempts, and of the possibility that I may yet turn out a few good ones. I started thinking...
hmm...
Ok, how can I emulate Man Ray a little?...
1) backlight it
2) use unusual angle
3) stark setting
4) keep it borderline abstract
And wouldn't you know, I went downstairs and moved the coffee table out of the way. At one end of the living room I put the tripod up so high I had to stand on a chair to use the camera, and then pointed it down at the floor, zooming back just so only the geometrically patterned carpet is visible. I set the light on the other end of the room about belly-height (because I wanted more shadow than hightlight) and aimed it at the empty spot. I stripped off the pj's, set the camera timer, and fired away...
A little photoshopping later, and I had produced several startlingly good images, which I will not force-feed you here, but will provide this link to, and welcome you view them if you wish and give me an honest critique.
hmm...
Ok, how can I emulate Man Ray a little?...
1) backlight it
2) use unusual angle
3) stark setting
4) keep it borderline abstract
And wouldn't you know, I went downstairs and moved the coffee table out of the way. At one end of the living room I put the tripod up so high I had to stand on a chair to use the camera, and then pointed it down at the floor, zooming back just so only the geometrically patterned carpet is visible. I set the light on the other end of the room about belly-height (because I wanted more shadow than hightlight) and aimed it at the empty spot. I stripped off the pj's, set the camera timer, and fired away...
A little photoshopping later, and I had produced several startlingly good images, which I will not force-feed you here, but will provide this link to, and welcome you view them if you wish and give me an honest critique.
posted by Grover at 1/23/2006 03:03:00 AM
2 Comments:
i really like submissive 2, and the only word i can think for it is artsy :)
Thank you! That's definitely the effect I was going for, so mission accomplished! :-) It felt purgative... like it was something I had to get out of my system, because I felt this massive sense of relief after shooting those.
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