EXAM

The exam blog I will be using is as follows; http://sarahjenningsexam2012.blogspot.com/

Venturing Outside.

I went outside my house and used the available lighting around. This included using a car headlight, street lamp and porch lighting.

The street lamp is quite far out and is very yellow so I think this changes the whole look of the iamge to what I wanted. I wanted something a lot darker, this would require more lighting and perhaps some reflectors to bounce back light.

This image is next to the headlight of a car. Again I dont think it works well because of the loss of light around the face.

I think these images work well as the light is pouring down onto my head. This illuminates the top of the face but not too much of the rest of the body.

Yellow lights

After using fire and white light I tried using a yellow light. The yellow light adds some more colour into the image however I am unsure on how effective it actually is. The second of the two has more to it than the first as the looking up can be seen as looking into the sun of such like which I think makes the image more effective.

I then used a reflector. I used this as the background. The gold background was good as it lightens up the images compared with all the others I have previously taken. The gold also matches well to my skin tone which makes me slightly blend in with the actual background, especially in the first of the two images with the duster.

New Explorations with Light

Further to my research on how expression and light affects an image I have taken more pictures experimenting with different types of light. Again I set up a background in my lounge and used different lights to illuminate my face.

Firstly I used two matches to illuminate my face. The use of the matches creates a different style of light different to what I have used before. The matches create a sense of searching as the facial expression gives the idea that by staring right at the fire I am searching for why they are there or what the purpose of the matches are. 

I also used a lighter to illuminate my face. I don't think this is as effective as the matches are as the matches gave a sense of unknown as to why I have them and what they are used for. The lighter looks quite safe however the expression in this image accentuates the style. The image seems quite sinister as the low lighting gives a sense of uneasy atmosphere to the image.

I also again used a torch to enlighten my images. I found a piece of plastic that had lines over it and taped it over the light which created a patterned look over my face. The first and second of the two are perhaps slightly too distorted however I think the last one is very effective as it is a close up and has more emotion than the other two. Also the sense of unknown is also very prominent in this image as you cannot see anything past the face.

I also used smoke. I had some spay smoke that I sprayed all around my face to create a more distorted overlay, however it was very difficult to work with as it was so strong and also moved very rapidly.