This gallery is a complete chronicle of my 40th year, starting on my birthday in 2008. I posted one photo each day for a year. The photo-a-day project continues in this gallery here.
June 22, 2008; Day 51.
Today was the deadline for my Art of Composition class at the Perfect Picture School of Photography. The final assignment was called “The Power of Expression.” You guessed it: conceptual photography. We received a new list of words, and I turned in “Sadness” and “Disgust” for my assignment.
The scene here was originally conceived for “Acceptance” (Disgust was an 11th hour replacement) but as I was shooting it, it occurred to me that this must be one of the most overshot concepts ever; the lone lime slice mixed in with all the lemons. So I scrapped it. But I also noticed that the scene was strikingly different each time I moved the flash a little. Here, I am pointing the flash directly at aluminum foil which is at upper left. I have no reflector at lower right so the light rapidly falls off to the right. In the thumbnail, I liked how the rinds were so well lit next to the darker circles. I also like how the fruit appears to be lit from below, even though it isn’t.
Raw: Recovery: 15
Raw: Fill Light: 30
Raw: Saturation: 20
PS: Unsharp Mask: 20-30-0
Today was the deadline for my Art of Composition class at the Perfect Picture School of Photography. The final assignment was called “The Power of Expression.” You guessed it: conceptual photography. We received a new list of words, and I turned in “Sadness” and “Disgust” for my assignment.
The scene here was originally conceived for “Acceptance” (Disgust was an 11th hour replacement) but as I was shooting it, it occurred to me that this must be one of the most overshot concepts ever; the lone lime slice mixed in with all the lemons. So I scrapped it. But I also noticed that the scene was strikingly different each time I moved the flash a little. Here, I am pointing the flash directly at aluminum foil which is at upper left. I have no reflector at lower right so the light rapidly falls off to the right. In the thumbnail, I liked how the rinds were so well lit next to the darker circles. I also like how the fruit appears to be lit from below, even though it isn’t.
Raw: Recovery: 15
Raw: Fill Light: 30
Raw: Saturation: 20
PS: Unsharp Mask: 20-30-0
June 22, 2008; Day 51.
Today was the deadline for my Art of Composition class at the Perfect Picture School of Photography. The final assignment was called “The Power of Expression.” You guessed it: conceptual photography. We received a new list of words, and I turned in “Sadness” and “Disgust” for my assignment.
The scene here was originally conceived for “Acceptance” (Disgust was an 11th hour replacement) but as I was shooting it, it occurred to me that this must be one of the most overshot concepts ever; the lone lime slice mixed in with all the lemons. So I scrapped it. But I also noticed that the scene was strikingly different each time I moved the flash a little. Here, I am pointing the flash directly at aluminum foil which is at upper left. I have no reflector at lower right so the light rapidly falls off to the right. In the thumbnail, I liked how the rinds were so well lit next to the darker circles. I also like how the fruit appears to be lit from below, even though it isn’t.
Raw: Recovery: 15
Raw: Fill Light: 30
Raw: Saturation: 20
PS: Unsharp Mask: 20-30-0
Today was the deadline for my Art of Composition class at the Perfect Picture School of Photography. The final assignment was called “The Power of Expression.” You guessed it: conceptual photography. We received a new list of words, and I turned in “Sadness” and “Disgust” for my assignment.
The scene here was originally conceived for “Acceptance” (Disgust was an 11th hour replacement) but as I was shooting it, it occurred to me that this must be one of the most overshot concepts ever; the lone lime slice mixed in with all the lemons. So I scrapped it. But I also noticed that the scene was strikingly different each time I moved the flash a little. Here, I am pointing the flash directly at aluminum foil which is at upper left. I have no reflector at lower right so the light rapidly falls off to the right. In the thumbnail, I liked how the rinds were so well lit next to the darker circles. I also like how the fruit appears to be lit from below, even though it isn’t.
Raw: Recovery: 15
Raw: Fill Light: 30
Raw: Saturation: 20
PS: Unsharp Mask: 20-30-0