Hands

dkoyanagi

Some of my experiments. What do you think?

johno

very nice I have taken some bw with my daughters hands... they're cool. They didn't turn out as nice as yours.

peace.
johno~

LiquidOps

Those are awesome!!!

hmmm... would you mind a little detail on your technique... this looks like fun

# 2 and 3 are my favs

dkoyanagi

These photos are incredibly easy to shoot. In fact, I'm almost embarrassed that I put them up. Anyway, here's how I did the first picture:

I used a simple clamp light for the lighting. I taped a piece of paper to keep the light from spreading out too much.






I did the shots in a darkened room. It was easier to put the light on the floor and point it up rather than place it high and point it down. As a result I had to shoot the arms "upside down". I shot the downward arm while lying on my back





I then cut and pasted the photos into a new image file. I first cropped out any unwanted parts and rotated the photos so the arms lined up.




filled in the background:





converted to black and white (you can use any method):





rotated, cropped, and adjusted the brightness and contrast (I used 30% dodge):




The second picture was pretty much the same method, except I used a flash.


The third picture was the easiest. I place a halogen desk lamp under the tripod and pointed it at a blank wall. I set the timer on the camera, fired the shutter and stood in front of the wall doing shadow puppets. Then I cropped and converted to black and white. I added a burn layer to darken the shadow.

Nir

Dan,

I really like the first one! It gives a sense of interaction between two. The viewer can try to guess if the interaction is love, assistance, whatever. It is very well done - the lighting and B&W compliment it. It's a thought and feeling provoking shot.

The 2nd shot arouses negative feelings for me, probably because it implies violence.

The 3rd

dkoyanagi

Nir wrote:

The 3rd

The 3rd one represents being bored on a Friday night.

pathfinder

Nice shots and a nice tutorial!! It shows once again that you don't need a fancy camera to create compelling images. All you need is some good lighting and a little creativity.