Lighting/Weather [Foggy Lamp]

I was walking into the University and I came across this lamp post and tree. The fog made lighting from the sun impossible, and the lighting from the lamp was dimmed drastically. So I hightlighted the light by doing a "color pop" on photoshop.com. This was a practice attempt at color popping for my assignment.

Weather [PhotoWalk]

The Thursday Photowalk around the University really inspired me to get out this weekend and do a solo walk. It was quite nice to get away from the textbooks and due dates and just take a breather from it all, while also getting done one part of my Photo III assignment. I went to Park Lake for my solo adventure and I got some photographs of the still present hoarfrost and fog that came rolling in a few days before hand.

Weather [What the Fog]

Today was a strange weather day. There was fog on one side of town, that made it dark and cold, while the otherside, was warm and sunny. Two very different settings all within a few kilometers of each other.
I was able, as I was leaving the University around 4pm, to snap a photo of the fog from across the coulees. Then, after a few errands, I was driving and went into the fog. It was stil quite sunny when I entered the fog (it was about 4:45ish) and all light was dimmed down completely. I was able to get a shot of this too. Interesting weather, fanatastic shift in lighting, setting, and moods.

Lighting and Reflections [I Wear My Sunglasses @ Night]

This pair of sunglasses that I have are really reflective. The flash from my camera makes them look really Hollywood because the majority of the light is reflected back onto the camera lens. Since my flash is really bright I think that it is a good thing I was wearing those sunglasses, otherwise I may have become blind.
Reflected light can be utliized as a light source. With my image here this is not the case. My light source is my flash, which is just reflected back into the camera. Reflected light as a light source would be the light from "Source A" hits "Object B", then the light is reflected off of "Object B" to light up "Object C", and then "Object C" is photographed. That would be a case of where reflected light would be used as a light source.

Lighting [Pumpkins]

I know that this image may be a little dated for this project, but bare with me. I was making room on my computer this weekend for all the new wonderful photos that I will be taking this semester, but when I saw this one I knew it had to be posted. The lighting (Oh yes! There I go on again about lighting) is very suitable for this image. The candle light, with its flickering glow gives the image the correct "haunted" feeling. If there was more light, like a flash used, the image would not hold the same meaning becuase all around the Jack-'O'-Lantern faces would have been visible, giving them a less interesting setting.

Light Source [Flower Lamp]

Considering that the last image that I took (my horrible portrait using the camera in the digital lab) was not really up-to-snuff due to the lighting, I wanted to look at different light sources. This is an image of one that I have in my house and was by far the most interesting.

The light is warm, but I do not think that it would work as a main light, possibly a fill light. But overall that is not what it was meant to be used for, it is mainly for aesthetics. Perhaps if I find more interesting light-sources this may turn into a Bernd & Hilla Becher typography, without the strict photograph guidelines, like the cloudy day, similar size, etc. I will have to keep my eye on the light, and go towards it for a shot.

First

Here is my first posting of a portrait, what horrid lighting. :(