Granit
Nov-14-2006, 05:40 AM
Well I think I will learn a lot on this new challenge. Here is what I have in mind, but I do not know how to do this yet. Any advise will be welcome.
A Silhouette for me is a an object showing up as black (or close to) like a shadow, but not a shadow, it has to be the object itself, it has to show up black and it has to provide enough information so the watcher can determine what it is, I would love it if it could take 5 seconds for the watcher to say: "Oh yeah that's a _____ .....Cool."
-I want to take a picture of a complexe object on a white background. (I'm thinking my daughters bike, but not sure yet.)
-The object is to show up completly black.
-The picture might be the full object/bike or part of it, this is to be determine.
To do this I think I need an indirect light source that would illuminate the wall only, almost no light on the bike directly, I would need a medium to fast exposure and medium to high aperture number. Proper settings for the WHITE of overcome the bike, but without being overexpose.
Am I on the right track for this?
Any suggestions on how to perform this?
Do not comment the idea itself for now, I do not want my inspiration to be influenced by better ideas, but I need suggestions on the technical aspect.
Thanks.
A Silhouette for me is a an object showing up as black (or close to) like a shadow, but not a shadow, it has to be the object itself, it has to show up black and it has to provide enough information so the watcher can determine what it is, I would love it if it could take 5 seconds for the watcher to say: "Oh yeah that's a _____ .....Cool."
-I want to take a picture of a complexe object on a white background. (I'm thinking my daughters bike, but not sure yet.)
-The object is to show up completly black.
-The picture might be the full object/bike or part of it, this is to be determine.
To do this I think I need an indirect light source that would illuminate the wall only, almost no light on the bike directly, I would need a medium to fast exposure and medium to high aperture number. Proper settings for the WHITE of overcome the bike, but without being overexpose.
Am I on the right track for this?
Any suggestions on how to perform this?
Do not comment the idea itself for now, I do not want my inspiration to be influenced by better ideas, but I need suggestions on the technical aspect.
Thanks.