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Fujifilm X-Pro3 | 35mm | 1/500sec | f/1.4 | ISO 160
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#3 Study the light
Canon 6D | 105mm | 1/400sec | f/2.8 | ISO 100
Shadows are the scourge of many south-facing kitchen window and was
shoots, but when used effectively fortunate, despite living in Scotland,
within your compositions, they can to get some sunlight on this day.
transform a mediocre image into “The image was taken on the floor
an evocative piece of art. Scott of my kitchen with a vinyl background
Johnston’s eagerness to learn about propped against a chair. The direct
the use of light resulted in this rather sunlight through the window was
artistic moody image. shaped by the frame and worktop
“There is a tremendous amount to form a slither of light into which
of inspiration to be found from both I placed my subject. I angled the
written and online sources. One of my subject to create the most pleasing
preferred sources for my photographic combination of highlight and shadow
inspiration is YouTube, most notably and framed the image to take
Ted Forbes’ ‘The Art of Photography’. advantage of the graphic shapes.
One particular insight was a discussion “The resulting RAW image was
on window light and how studying edited in Lightroom where I applied
what it was doing at different times the Fujifilm Acros Black & White
of the day allows you to better profile. In addition, I carried out
understand how to use it. I decided some selective dodging and burning
to study the changing light of my to accentuate the relevant features.”
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