Optical illusions often use color, lines and shapes to make the eye and brain
perceive an image that is different from reality.
35 mm lens, ISO 200, f/16, 1/200
The Setup-
I used three glasses filled with dyed water on top of a mirror and placed them on a slanted table. I put my camera on a tripod and adjusted its angle to make the horizon appear straight; this made the slanted water effect. I used one strobe on a foot, set it on half power and lit the glasses from behind and below. I additionally experimented with different lighting setups, including lighting from camera left and using two strobes.
Situation II: "Bolts."
When used with nuts, bolts is a basic component in how something is put together.
With the end of the semester quickly approaching, many students feel as though they're losing them.
35 mm lens, ISO 200, f/13, 1/200
The Setup-
I placed several different sized bolts on a white piece of poster board. For this particular image, I used one strobe with a purple gel set on an eighth power and lit the bolts from behind and above. I shot over the subject. For the majority of my images, I cross lit the bolts with two different strobes with different colored gels to create a cross effect (as shown below).
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Ashley, I love your first image the most. I thought of shooting something like this too when I was doing brainstorming...haha. The colors of the water are good enough to attract people's attention. This photo looks elegant to me, NICE job!
ReplyDeleteFor the second photo, instead of putting the bolts like this, I will make them closer to one another and take a close up shot. This is just my opinion. Anyway, you did a nice job here, the shadows do not bother me at all :)
I live both of your ideas. I love the colors and the dynamic compositions. The yellow and blue jells with the nuts appeals to me. It feels like the whole thing is moving or racing. The highlights under the nuts make them look almost like the are floating. Great way to mess with my brain on a Monday. I love them!
ReplyDeleteHey nice job. I really like the simplicity of both images. I wish I could think of simple stuff like this. I like the shadows coming off of the bolts too. Good lighting!
ReplyDeleteWow, really cool and well thought out set-up! I actually really love that last image of the nuts, but I wish it was maybe shot a little bit tighter. It's disorienting in a cool, optical illusion-y type way.
ReplyDeleteAwesome ideas here Ashley! The way you set up the optical illusion is very well thought out. It caught my attention. The second image is very well lit. The color choice is nice as well gives it a definite mood changer than if you hadn't used the gel.
ReplyDeletegreat ideas, i actually really like the purple bolt one, i dont know something about that color is really nice.
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