Out of all the assignments that we've had this semester, I would have to say that studio lighting is my favorite. I think the main reason why I liked it so much is because I had a lot of fun while shooting. Trying to manipulate light to work in your favor is kind of challenging but at the same time it gives you a lot of options on how you take your pictures. I liked how you can play around with shadows and how you could position the light to convey various moods. I felt that it would be better if I added the crazed fan hands in the background to accentuate the whole rockstar appeal. I think it adds more dynamic in the image and creates nice shadows. I am quite happy that I added those hands as it really does look like Omar is a real rockstar.
In this picture, I wanted to portray a story. Omar is the uber popular lead singer while Chris(in the background) is the unaprecciated member overshadowed by Omar's popularity. I wanted to show Chris' remorse and anger towards the amount of limelight that Omar is getting so I focused most of the light on him but kept some light on Christ-- just enough to show his emotion.
Printing this picture was the only obstacle I had on this assignment. Trying to get the picture to turn out just right was pretty difficult because it would either come out too dark or too light. In the end, I decided to just play around with the contrast in photoshop and fix it up a bit.
Overall I really enjoy shooting for studio lighting and if given the oppurtunity, I would love to this one again just for fun.
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