For me, a squarely-placed dabbler, finding something I'd never photographed was as simple as flipping on the light: why not explore photographing light bulbs? I expected that the brightness and fairly monochromatic nature of light bulbs could present a challenge that might help me build my skills.
I started with a floor lamp with some interesting results:
Shade Side-long
The contrast was really exciting to see in these.
Ceiling Fan Bulb
Glow-worm and Shell
LED Close-up
It made me think of a UFO
Photographing the light bulbs challenged me to select aperture & shutter-speed settings that would capture detail in something so bright. As it was, I had to generally choose between over-exposing the bulb and losing detail there and under-exposing the surroundings. In the future it might be interesting to try photographing at two different settings and collaging the images to get detail at both exposure levels.
Incidentally, the next morning, I was so struck by what I saw outside on the sidewalk that I photographed another new subject: bird tracks in the snow.
Be well,
Jimmy & Kate
No comments:
Post a Comment