19 January 2010

Photos- Nan goldin

I wanted to try out the nan goldin approach to her self portraits using mirrors and reflections. I unfortunatly dont have means of creating contact sheets as i dont have the software on the laptop i am using so i will show the best images and upload them when i get the chance. I created these images using controled lighting (with aid of a lamp) and using a tripod and wireless shutter  release i managed to take a few images.
The first image is alright. I dont really like the effect the flash had on the photo. While the reflection is clear, the bringht spot on the mirror rim, and the hair to the left of the image puts a downer on this image for me.




This image, compaired to the first i used a spot lamp off to the left and avoided using flash. this i feel is more like her work and style compaired to the original.


However then i decided to play around with the focus point and depth of feild as well as using nataural lighting rather then artifical lighting. This is prob my favourite from exeperimenting on the Nan Goldin self portrait style. It just seems to fit right and alsmost has an unease with it that i cant seem to understand.

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