As this den was my least impressive of all of them, as it was meant to be a representation of the really simple ones i made as a really young child i didn’t think the night time photographs of it were going to work really well. They however have turned out okay. As the den wasn’t a massive structure that i could place the light right in the middle of, instead being loads of smaller blankets around an area i therefore photographed much of the den separately rather then as a whole structure. I also choose to photograph this den earlier in the day, just as the sun was setting as i wanted a more interesting sky as i didn’t think this shoot was going to work very well anyway. Overall i think i got some okay images.
The above image is a photograph where i shone the light directly onto the blanket. I have experimented with this in other shoots and i think in the above image it works quite well. It brings out the vibrant orange colour of the blanket to have the light shinning on it. The contrast between the orange, green and black works really well to convey a tribal vibe. I quite like in this image how the light shines on the foreground and right hand corner of the image so as to create a fade of light into the background which becomes darker and darker. The photograph is composed according to the rule of thirds with the blanket to the right hand side of the frame.
The below image is also composed according to the rule of thirds, the light of the blanket being in the bottom left hand corner. This then contrasts to have the bluish light from the sky in the top, so the two source of light are opposite each other across the image. The angles of this image are quite interesting in having the blanket at an angle heading downwards from the top left hand corner to the bottom of the left side of the frame, your eyes following the slope downwards. As you can see the light from the sky in this image the contrast of shadows and dark colours in the image is less intense then the above photograph.
As it was a very windy night that i chose to photograph i also experimented with taking slightly blurred images like with my other photo shoots. I placed the light behind the blanket in these images and then tried to capture the blurred movement of the blankets. These images again have the light source from the sky and also the light source from the light behind the blanket. I quite like the demented and eerie feel the blur of the blanket conveys within the images.
By looking at the contrast between the above and below image you can see the different impression that the movement of the blankets gives within an image. The blur of the blankets gives a completely different personality to the image as the blankets appear to have a personality and a character to them. The images appear more dynamic by having the element of movement to suggest that there is more to the image then you first perceive.
Even though the below photograph is very bright and therefore doesn’t really have the same impact of the other night photographs i like how it conveys the movement of the wind so powerfully. The shutter speed was the same as the other photographs but in this image you can really tell the impact of the wind.
