Shadows & Reflections

Now the midterm is upon us and we have been shooting like crazy since the beginning of the semester. This week our assignment was reflections and shadows as you've probably already read. Our instructor urged us to take inspiration from film noir movies and I did just that, well kinda. I chose a personal favorite of mine "Schindler's List", I know it isn't a film noir movie but I've always loved the lighting style and contrast of that film and more recently "Sin City". In these photos you will see my first attempt at re-creating that very feeling. The scene was the Embarcadero of San Francisco which has all sorts of subjects to choose from but it also helped that I brought my buddies along. If you know San Francisco, you know the bay bridge and the amazing sight it is to behold at night also the beautiful reflections the water creates from the lights on the bridge. I used this exact premise to create my frist image, and to top it all of there was a little boat hilariously called "The Black Pearl" to make this scene even more great.

   As for the second set of images shadows were the main concern. We explored and found a strong light source from some overhead street lamps near the famous rocket statue on the Embarcadero. This is where I directed my friends in various poses for dramatic and visually interesting shadow placement. This turned out to be a lot fun and is something I would want to re-visit in my professional career.