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AOP part 30: 'Sperimenting Some More

So of course I tried some more experiments, this time so that Maja was more clearly defined within her own space around the edges and letting the centre do whatever needs to be done to accommodate the final pseudo-kaleidoscope treatment.

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AOP part 29: 'Sperimenting

At the time I was post processing this set I had been messing around with creating straight reflecting shots, exactly symmetrical down the centre.

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AOP part 28: Keeping the Feel

We are just starting our fourth hour of our shoot at this point. You will have seen that while I've been using the backdrop any "set design" has not been obvious.

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AOP part 27: Emotional Content

By now you will have seen I use the word "emotion" frequently when discussing my images. You've guessed it, that is an important part of my images.

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AOP part 26: The Triangle: Difficulty of Framing

One room has this wonderful stepped triangle where two chimneys meet. It is a very strong compositional device.

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AOP part 25: Backlight

To fix this I moved both Maja and I further back towards the window light. This has let me lose the distracting dark area at the top of the image.

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AOP part 24: Rim Light - Front Light - Fail

So while we are on the subject of failures, what went wrong here? I wanted to use the door frame as both a compositional device and for something for Maja to pose against.

AOP part 23: 8 Compositional Failures

This is a tight profile shot from the same space. There are several failure points on this shot. Not sharp enough: at f4 I have not quite nailed the focus and it is just slightly unsharp around the eye.

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AOP part 22: 9 Compositional Elements

This shot gives me a great example to talk about a number of compositional elements in one image. Colour scheme: the pale blue background pushes the warmer tones of skin forward with clear separation of subject to background.

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AOP part 21: Portrait Close Up

Of course, the next step having got that close is to get even closer still. Rolling Stones anyone? On the following two pages I want to show a small collection of the images from this tiny session.

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