Project 3 - Research

I looked online for some images of objects that had lighting etc played around with to create an interesting view or perception of the object:

This picture is interesting because the apparent size of the mini elephant has been made to look bigger. Instead of the common way of ‘zooming up’ and macro shooting the small object to make it seem larger, the use of lighting and the camera angle (that does not allow the appearance of any other objects to ruin the illusion of the elephant’s largeness) is a clever approach to photographing small objects like this.

The shot was taken extremely quickly, and the extreme close-up that reveals details that we don’t see in water drops everyday makes the image more interesting. The shapes formed by the water droplets create an attractive quality similar to a digitally-produced abstract image; a feature difficult to attain in photography.

Close-ups are common shots used in object photography as they provide a different view on objects we commonly see. It is especially interesting here because the objects chosen are tiny in real life but in this picture viewers get to see details in the object through the contours of light illuminance from the object and niches that show division etc. The striking red colour of the pills against the white background shows these very easily especially under suitable lighting.

 

The angle chosen works very effectively here and it just shows that the positioning of the camera when shooting photos of still-life important. The ‘sloppiness’ in the setting of this shot (it does not seem like it was planned like in a studio under proper lighting etc) shows that sometimes spontaneous shots can be just as successful as arranged ones. The distance of the camera from the objects in this picture is perfect because the shoes look like it is directly under the dress, when it is actually closer to the camera than the dress itself. This image cleverly plays around with perspective and optical illusion; a good concept for object photography.

This is just another interesting picture found online, it is a Lego ‘re-enactment’ of a famous photo (click here to see it). Although the photography and concept is not exceptional, the use of interesting objects drastically changes the image into a more attractive one.