Sideways

anonymouscuban

I had an odd dream last night, kind of mild on the weirdo scale for me however...

Well, in this dream, I could only see out of one eye. The thing is though, I only saw half of everything. One side was lit, the other was dark. It gets a bit stranger. I carried around a mirror and I would hold it up to an object to see it as a whole... you know, the reflection in the mirror would complete the second half.

The dream inspired the following shots. I was going to do these in B&W, my original thought was that they really lend themselves to it, but after seeing these, I prefer them in color. I think the tonal values are much more appealing.

Hope you like these. Not your conventional portrait but I like them:

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anonymouscuban

Interesting. I really like this set. I guess it's just me.

zoomer

Wellllll.....they are kind of interesting. Your model doesn't look very into it which kind of takes away from the artistic effect....then it becomes just an exercise in lighting.
Maybe if she was making a silly face or sticking her tongue out at you....fun shots with creative lighting .

anonymouscuban

She has her eyes closed in #2... that's kind of like making a face, no?

OK... so from a lighting perspective, does this work? I know it's non-conventional and must be used creatively but giving the right image, I kind of like it.

zoomer

Well for me....I like 1.
The mirror image lighting not so much for a portrait like this....but like you said...maybe with some types of fashion type shots it would probably work.

lilmomma

looks like you achieved what you set out to do for sure, so major thumbfor that...i had to figure out if you actually had a mirror or mirrored the image in post.

I'm not sure its the most flattering lighting pattern?

Mitchell

I like #1. Dramatic effect and well done.

The others are just too strong with the sidelighting (I know you are working with your new strips) in order to light the central portion of her face.

anonymouscuban

Cool. Like I said, just goofing around. The dream kind of tripped me out. Maybe I got some contact high from living in California with all our pot-heads around these parts. .

I'm going to try same lighting but add a 3rd light as fill. Maybe beauty didsh from above. Play around with the light ratios.

anonymouscuban

BTW, my wife hated the last two. I should have taken that as a sign.

Sam

Number two for me! clap

Sam

Bilsen

I like the "Meet the Beatles" lighting in # 1.

I can't comment intelligently on the others. I'm not crazy about them BUT they look like you got exactly what you were going for so you did well. It may just be that this idea would not have occurred to me.

Kinkajou

I'm going to go with LOVE IT!!! Awesome work. Really clean, simple, and beautiful. I agree that those changes in color/tone need to be there - it would have much less of an impact in BW.