I'm going to try and get this months competition to help me out a little. Help me out in that I need ideas I can perhaps incorporate into an ongoing job I've taken on. A job which is well outside my photographic 'comfort zone'. Primarily I'm a 'people' photographer, portraits, wedding, engagement, that type of thing. However I had a client contact me who liked my 'people photos' and wondered if I could photograph a series of.............cute, little eco friendly apartments throughout the city. They all have a different style and it's my job to try and capture that in the photos.
Example: the first apartment was very light and airy. Lots of white, minimalist decor with a modern feel. Of course when she asked me if I'd be interested in taking on the job I said 'yeah, sure, I can do that'. Some samples below from the first shoot. The samples I've attached use nothing but natural light.
For the other apartments I've currently no idea what I'll be walking into as yet.
Therefore this month I'll choose the theme as Your Living Space (or working space). I'm looking for interesting composition, nice use of light (natural or artificial), perhaps make the image highlight some particular, interesting detail? Generally nice, simple, clean well exposed images. Imagine you've been asked to shoot your place by a client - what would you deliver to them?
I need all the help I can get on this one so thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to enter.
Entries now closed
Slim pickings for this month and Ians picked just two entries to fight for The honor of choosing next months theme. Here's what he had to say:
Xstreme wrote:Firstly thanks to everyone who took part. I realise that perhaps it wasn't the 'sexiest' of subjects but hell - I needed (need) some help Next time I'm choosing scantily clad models
Right, Ekendrick number one on the shortlist with the shot below. Well exposed. Beautiful, warm ambience to the room. Nice composition and that wooden floor looks damn sexy.
Secondly WiteWulf. I like the light in this shot. It looks nice and soft to the point of me wanting to use it for a portrait. I'd have preferred a slightly longer shutter speed to bring in a little more of the shadow areas but perhaps a little mystery adds to the intrigue of the room a little. To quote something that I'll be using in tomorrows workshop and often put into practice with my portrait work - 'if you want a photo to me more interesting, don't light all of it.' I nicked that from someone else (can't remember who) but it's often in my head when I'm shooting.
Top one is still my entry. But these are the photo's I took and got them posted on MLS to sell my house. It's just a teaser and never really gave away to much. We had so many viewings and sold the house 2 days later.
My official entry
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....I'm the BEST thing that has ever happened to ME............I think therefore I'm a Yam.
Still pondering what to do here but think it'll be something with how the room is illuminated, might try a take on the light painting experiment I did below.
Yeah, at last some action - loving the light in that image WiteWulf. It makes me want to stand someone in front of the fireplace, have them look out the window and take their portrait
Next time I'm choosing scantily clad models
