That all being said, when I read the assignment for lighting I was interested by the examples Karen supplied: flash, indoor lights, windows, and most of all TV. This triggered me to think of an experiment which I'm rather pleased to say came out pretty cool. Interested in combining light and color into this weeks assignment, I thought of trying out the same image with three different types of bulbs: a compact florescent, a red, and a black light. The result:
Due to the need to have more control over the shutter and aperture settings, I decided to use my Fuji S5000 on a tripod for this photo session. (I should point out that my Sasha was such a wonderful model for this experiment that she got one of her favorite crunchy treats for her patience.) As would be expected, the black light only barely reached the center of my camera's light meter and also appeared to have come out the blurriest of the three; the aperture was at its widest (F3.2) and the shutter was set to its longest (2"). With the red light I had a lot more room for play. In retrospect I wish I had written down each photo's settings, but I tried to keep the aperture wide while reducing the shutter speed. The same is true of the compact florescent light on the left. Luckily Sasha didn't move much, but if you look closely you'll see she adjusted her head in between changes of light.Now the color schemes posed a bit more of a challenge for me, especially finding images of complimentary colors. I immediately started setting up shots for this one - a tomato against greens, books with blue and orange spines intermingled, corn holders in a purple bowl, etc... However, while walking through town I found a number of great shots that presented complimentary colors. I know we were only being asked to show one example from two schemes, but I really wanted to show three from this category alone; I'll make them small : )
Once I had the objective of finding complimentary colors, I began seeing them everywhere and got a little camera happy. I just love the way the colors vibrate upon contact with one another. All three of these shots were taken outdoors with my Canon 
SD600. I found that natural light works so much better than flash or indoor light (let me say here that I was really interested in the reading assignment's point about a flash balancing out light coming from the background, such as with a window).For my next picture, I chose to go with the analogous color scheme, if I'm correct. I have to admit I'm not sure I have the knack to differentiate between monochrome and analogous color schemes. I understand their differences, but I found that there are some in one category that I would have otherwise believed to be considered the other. The picture below, however, includes three different hues of green, which is why I believe it to be analogous
For this project I toyed around with a few different types of subject, but I really liked the way these three greens came together in this shot. This one was also taken with my Canon.
5 comments:
The cat experiment is fantastic, and your cat is such a good sport. I am also impressed with your complimentary color shots. I also took the book pictures that didn't make it to the blog, but after reading that you took them as well I feel like posting mine and seeing yours. Is it on flikr?
Your cat experiment turned out great! You said that the blue part came out the blurriest, but your camera was on a tripod so there was no camera movement. Why do you think it's blurry?
The complimentary color pictures look really good as well, flowers seem to be a good subject for all kinds of pictures. I love how you've captured the beautiful colors.
The colors are great. Love the cat experiment! Mine would move and run up to me and do their cat hug thingy. :) Okay - here goes and this ties in with the comment made on mine. In regard to the better camera, I don't think it has to do with that (you will have to read that reply on my blog) I think it is the lighting that you had to work with. I noticed many of your pictures on your gallery have incredible color in them! Check out what Karen said in regard to air quality / dust particles & what they can do to lighting/color. (It's a comment on my blog). Not sure if you can pick another time during the weekend to try the same shots again and see how they come out (well weather permitting). I had shots that I did over and over at different times & days and found that there was a difference. Sorry to hear about the impact this past week must be having. It will turn around, adversity often brings unlooked for opportunities! (I think some folks are realizing that, hopefully that becomes a trend). Let me know if you are able to check that out in regard to weather/color affects.
Jay,
I actually thought the red light on the cat looked blurry, not the black light, but either way it was neat to see.
The red flowers on green are very vibrant. I have nothing like that around my house. I have some azalea bushes turning from green to red, but the colors are actually kind of blah.
I believe your picture of the pine boughs is monochrome since it has only one hue, the green. Does anyone else think so or does it fall under analogous? Jay, like you said those two, monochrome and analogous, were sometimes hard to distinguish between, or at least I had to stop and think about the "rules" Karen used to explain the two before making a decision.
So much fun on the light shots! Very creative. I like the complementary flower one. The purple and yellow were jarring to me at first - a bit unsettling even.
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