Faceless Portrait - week 7
Week 7 of project 52 brings something a bit more exciting, it let's you be creative and opens up a lot of options. I really enjoyed the faceless portrait theme.
My model was my wonderful boyfriend who waited patiently and posed as per instructions. It was Valentine's day so I think he wanted to be nice. Most of the times he doesn't have the patience for this.
Usually a faceless portrait is created either by focusing on other parts of the body, by making your model turn around, by covering their face, or hiding it into shadow and creating a silhouette that holds no details.
I feel like these type of portraits are more conceptual and give the viewer the opportunity to create their own story. They can't really see the model's face and what feeling it portrays. I enjoyed reading this article about The Faceless Portrait as an advanced type of portrait photography.For this week I chose the following image as the best for the theme.
Candy - Week 6
I can't say the 52 photo project is going amazing but I am keeping up. In this post I will continue where I left off: Candy and week 6. This was a tough one and didn't had a lot to choose from.I tried making my own candy using a lollipop recipe. Photo not great ..and candy not great either (sticky and too sweet). I'm definitely better at baking.
I tried inverting my lens (here is a little tutorial) and creating a super macro of sugar granules. And this was the best image of the week in my opinion. I used my 50-200mm Nikkor inverted and held on to the camera with my hand (no reverse lens adapter to help).
And I also tried a little product photography of Raffaello, one of my favourite sweets.
To be honest I'm not a big candy lover .. but I will always go for some chocolate cake or Baileys ice cream from Haagen Dazs ;)
Self portrait - Week 1
This year I decided to give myself a more difficult photography challenge and have weekly themes. So I'm actually joining the Dogwood 52 Week Photography Challenge . Week one theme was: Self portrait. I didn't want to go for the idea of a simple selfie so I tried to create something different.Tools used: an Ikea candle lantern (pretty right?!), a tea-light, Giottos tripod, Nikon D7000 camera and the night shirt I got for Christmas(H&M)Exif data: ƒ/3.2, shutter speed: 1/5, ISO: 250;
A few things to take from this little session:
- Be careful to not move too much when shooting in the dark- Because of low light I used long exposure and it can get blurry if not holding still for the right amount of time.
- Make sure your camera is well positioned on the tripod and that the tripod head is not sliding under it's weight. (I'm not in the photo as I ran to fix the issue)
- When working with only one source of light, learn to lean your (the model's) face towards it. Practice before maybe in a mirror, and be patient. In some of the shots the shapes on the lamp I used made shadows on my skin that were not very attractive.
To follow me or others on this journey and maybe even join in have a look at the following links:
- My Flickr Album
- The Flickr Group for the 52 photo challenge
- The Facebook Group for the challenge
- My Instagram @silviaddot