Photography session 1

This was my first photography session outside of the pathways, we were tasked with locating an object which pertained to the painting we chose at the Blackburn Museum. Since my painting is a landscape image which features mainly vegetation, I decided to get some flowers and photograph them in varying lights and colours. At first I attempted to photograph them with a soft light and no colour filters, this wasn't as effective as I thought it would be but it still produced some interesting shadows.

Next I switched to a hard light which produced some better shadowing and made for a better photograph however it still wasn't what I was looking for, I wanted something that not only reflected the content of the painting but the colours aswell. The painting has lots of deep red tones and oranges, which I wanted to reflect using an orange filter. This looked much more effective as it created a very interesting contrast of deep shadows and multiple tones of orange and red. I also tried placing a bottle full of water infront of the light in order to create a wave effect, this worked as it resulted in an effect that looked akin to cloud formations which matched perfectly with the painting I chose.

Overall I enjoyed the session and produced some interesting photos, Martin seemed very happy with the work I did and was happy for me to continue next week along side media.