Revisiting The Egg – a study in studio lighting.

The task for module two was to view a YouTube clip of The Egg and create a series of images of an egg with different light angles. The purpose of the task is to show how light can change the feel of an image with the way it’s cast onto the subject. All in all a fun exercise that’s taken me back to the fundamentals of photography and how a subject can be lit to achieve different results and how the direction can change the feel and perspective of an image. My favourite shot was the back lit egg with the diffuser panel on the light

While i enjoyed getting behind the camera and trying to achieve a specific outcome i was outside my comfort zone as i prefer outdoor and street photography and have to be coerced into a studio environment by my lovely friend and visionary assistant Sara but the whole purpose of doing this course to get a Diploma of Photo Imaging is to become a better photographer in all aspects of photography.

The Egg

The set ofsix images above were with the use of the diffuser panel which softens the light and the amount of detail on the egg as well as the colour tones.

The second set of images were without the diffuser panel on the light, the light was stronger and the colour tone was a lot starker and more vibrant.

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