Experimenting with angles and focal lengths around Lincoln
In a workshop we were asking to explore Lincoln and create photos experimenting with focal lengths and angles. These are the images I took over several days when walking around Lincoln.
Found Objects Research
Photography has a rich history of utilising the everyday ‘found object’ to create intriguing, alien, vibrant new compositions. When photographing found objects photographers choose to try and give the objects a new lease of life and context beyond the one in which they were discovered. They would either photograph them in the position they found them, or collect them to create a shoot in a studio with professional lighting.
Image: Lorenzo Vitturi
Experimenting with objects and light
These are some images that I found online under found objects and experimenting with light. I really like how the light source hits the bottles and creates really nice shadows and illuminates the bottles, it really draws your eye towards the focus of the image. This photos were probably produced in a studio where they have more control and options for lighting. When I recreate some images like this I will be creating them at home and seeing what resources I have to create similar images.
Experimenting with touch light
From looking at the previous perfume bottles I wanted to try and create similar images. I created mine using a dark room, with a white back drop and a touch light to illuminate the bottles. I used the touch light from my phone to create the interesting shadows and reflections from the bottles.
Finding Objects Out and About
While exploring for my found objects brief in a charity shop I found a creepy looking clown doll and I thought it would be really interesting to take photos of for this brief. I chose to take photos of the doll around different locations in Lincoln to give the ‘lost’ feel to the images. I also chose to take the doll home and create a studio feel image and used touch/lamp light to illuminate the photograph.
I really like how these images came out, I love the strong contrast and the way the single light of the touch is drawing all the attention to the clown’s face; it creates an eerie feel to the image.
Final Images created from research
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