ASSIGNMENT - HAND PHOTOGRAPHY
Create an image showing a hand or hands.
Research position, style and lighting. Concentrate on lighting. Soft hands should
not be lit as if they have worked a life down the pit.
Use props creatively
RESEARCH
http://www.pinterest.com/thejad/hand-photography/
PHOTOS
5f 1/25
I added linear curves, reduced the saturation and placed a b/w filter for darker over this image in Photoshop. To show the detail and definition in the hands as a classic portrait.
4.5f 1/40
I reduced the saturation and adjusted the curves using linear. I wanted the fingers/hand to seem as though they were coming out of the darkness and touching the light. Almost ethereal.
4.5f 1/25
I adjusted the curves (linear), reduced the saturation and filtered b/w lighter
I like that the fingers are just touching each other and the light and that two fingers are highlighted in particular while the rest is darker and detailed. This give it an edge.
8f 1/20 I wanted to detail hands reading a book in a classic old world setting. Carol has unique hands and uses this finger to follow the line of text and I wanted to capture this with this picture.
I adjusted the curves (linear) and reduced the saturation. I then colourised it red/orange to make it look sepia. Old and classic. Timeless.
4f 1/20
I wanted the foreground in focus and the background out of focus so chose a shallow depth of field.
I wanted to show the fold in the book and both hands on the text.
I adjusted the curves (linear), reduced the saturation. Colourised it red/orange (sepia).
Another classic shot.
5f 1/30 I wanted the flower to appear small and delicate in the hands and to soften and feminise the hands. As though the flower was being plucked/picked.
I adjusted the curves (linear). I then highlighted the flower using the magnetic lasso and added it to a new layer so that I could colourise it and increase the saturation. I wanted the flower to stand out from the hands. I reduced the saturation on the hands.
8f 1/30
