Transfixed by the Light
“The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter - often an unconscious but still a faithful interpreter - in the eye.” – taken from “Jane Ayre” by Charlotte Brontë
The theme for the 18th of May for “Smile on Saturday” is “eye catcher” and the theme requires a picture of black and white with the eyes (or eye) in selective colour.
In the last three years, I have been exploring a new avenue in my photographic creativity, that of portraiture photography. I used a somewhat illusive sitter for several “Smile on Saturday” themes over that period as part of this exploration. Now, nearly twelve months ago, I was lent a vibrant blue fascinator (formal headwear worn as an alternative to the hat) acquired from a charity shop to photograph for my portraiture photography. As I had the fascinator for over a month, I decided that I would have some fun with it whilst it was in my possession and push my own creative photographic boundaries by capturing it in different lights. Thus, I captured it at different times of the day. In this case, I had my elusive model (who has rather beautiful hazel and green eyes) stand in some afternoon sun holding the fascinator close to his face so that it cast a shadow on his cheek. I’m actually quite proud of this shot, even if I do say so myself, but I was never going to use it. Little did I know that I was going to capture an image that would suit this week’s "Smile on Saturday" theme perfectly after a little bit of post production magic to make it selective colour! I do hope that you like my choice for the theme this week, and that it makes you smile!
Transfixed by the Light
“The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter - often an unconscious but still a faithful interpreter - in the eye.” – taken from “Jane Ayre” by Charlotte Brontë
The theme for the 18th of May for “Smile on Saturday” is “eye catcher” and the theme requires a picture of black and white with the eyes (or eye) in selective colour.
In the last three years, I have been exploring a new avenue in my photographic creativity, that of portraiture photography. I used a somewhat illusive sitter for several “Smile on Saturday” themes over that period as part of this exploration. Now, nearly twelve months ago, I was lent a vibrant blue fascinator (formal headwear worn as an alternative to the hat) acquired from a charity shop to photograph for my portraiture photography. As I had the fascinator for over a month, I decided that I would have some fun with it whilst it was in my possession and push my own creative photographic boundaries by capturing it in different lights. Thus, I captured it at different times of the day. In this case, I had my elusive model (who has rather beautiful hazel and green eyes) stand in some afternoon sun holding the fascinator close to his face so that it cast a shadow on his cheek. I’m actually quite proud of this shot, even if I do say so myself, but I was never going to use it. Little did I know that I was going to capture an image that would suit this week’s "Smile on Saturday" theme perfectly after a little bit of post production magic to make it selective colour! I do hope that you like my choice for the theme this week, and that it makes you smile!