Friday, April 6, 2012

Project 52 -- Foolin' Around

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I'm linking up with Darcy for Project 52.
Click her Project 52 button above to see what it's all about!


This week's challengeFoolin' Around


My photo:



My thoughts:

It was so fun to get these two brothers together this week.  I had to take some photos for my photog class; this week's emphasis was seeing the light.  I took some side-lit and front-lit photos, and I finally asked Jacob (21) and Thomas (almost 16) to pose in front of the sun for a back-lit image.  Of course, these two hammed it up for a while, so I went ahead and captured some silhouette shots.


The setup:

We went to a park near home about half an hour before sunset--such golden light!  I saved the back-lit shots for close to sunset since I was aiming for silhouettes, and not having their facial features show.  The shot above was taken shortly after 7:00pm.  Since I was shooting into the sunlight, I could hand-hold my camera with a fast shutter speed.  I set the f-stop almost wide open (that's where I had set it for the previous portrait shots); had I shut it down, the sun would have made a nice star effect (more on that in another post).


Camera settings:
  • ISO 100
  • Manual mode
  • 50mm portrait lens
  • Aperture at f/2.2
  • 1/2000 second shutter speed

Brothers and friends


Treasuring life's moments,
Christine

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5 comments:

  1. Oh love the shots. How creative. I really need to get out more and think about shots like this.

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  2. These are awesome silhouettes! The background colors are absolutely gorgeous! :)

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  3. Oh, you make me want to get some silhouette shots of my kids. How fun!

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