DSDN 144 project 3- Light.

Review after first shoot- 


After my first shoot, I took out the photos I felt were best displaying the idea of lights acting as a guide and reflecting some of the work from my chosen artist models/influences. The lighting within the Parliment grounds has been set up in a particular way to have a path of lights for someone to follow, much like the idea I want to get across in my photos.

Tokihiro Satos use of lights to guide people through a path or journey has panned through my photos, especially in photos 3. In photo 3 a clear path of light leads the viewer to the deep dark side on the other end of the tunnel, creating a sense of movement just like what Tokihiro Sato does in his photos with lights. I've also used his idea of shooting outside rather than indoors to help enhance my idea. By shooting outdoors this is giving me a lot more space to use that will get my idea across more effectively.

The way Henri Carter took his photos at a large variety of anlges and distances has been used in my first shoot. For example photo 6 has been taken at a different angle to the other photos. It's been taken at an angle that seems to be looking down at the scene while still getting across a path that the lights make for the person observing the photo to follow.

Just like in the photos of the chinese festivals are able to give off emotions, the clear lights in the goverment grounds give off a nice and relaxed feeling. This is partly because of the nice white colour the lights give off. Because its a nice and bright colour that helps to light up the space, it helps give off a warm and comforting feeling, where as if the lights were a darker colour such as dark red, this is giving off a much more evil and threatning feeling to the photos.    

Moving foward for my next shoot, I am happy with the chosen location and have decided to try using lights in a much more abstract way with little L.E.D lights to make a path of light where I have some control, just like how the festival lights are ordered into place by people who can control the placing of them. Another technique I would like to take over into my next shoot is trying out different angles like how Henri Carter has done. This is because I feel that I could try out some more angles to shoot that will look even more interesting than the ones I took during the first shoot.