For this assignment we were given some examples of representation in still life from the likes of Fischli and Weiss, Torbjorn Rodlan and Matt Collishaw. We was also set a task to look up 17th Century still life paintings (which there was numerous articles about this subject on the internet. One such example is given here:- The Hidden Secrets Lurking in Dutch Still Life Paintings - Artsy ).
To try to get a still life representation of myself, I decided to use some of my cheap cameras that I purchased from E-bay. When I have some spare time I like to go out and around with these cameras I paid less than £3 + postage to see what kind of photographs I come up with these early digital cameras. I find this enjoyable as you have to work on these cameras to come up with a decent result and tend to learn more. The equipment I used was 3 triggers and two speedlites with a red and a green filter. I also used one of my mini studios and placed a black background inside of it so I would have some negative space on the photographs. I also took the photographs on ISO 100 setting with a time variable of 1/200th of a second with the exposure between -3 and -5 stops. The flashes were placed either side of my mini studios as the sides are white and would be useful as a diffuser. Two of the results are given below.
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| Keith's cheap camera heaven. |
Overall I quite like doing this task. It gave me a chance to use my triggers (as I must admit I have not used them much at all) and the filters gave me a chance to test out something that I have been meaning to do for a long while but, never attempted until now. After a few more attempts I may try to do this method on portraits of people's faces (when I get a 3rd speedlite as one of my slaves stopped working when setting up the equipment).
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