A Melancholy Songby
indigo997Comment by indigo997: Just a few thoughts on my photo: I knew when I entered it that it had some problems, but I just liked the overall feeling of it better than any of my other choices. My first problem was that I only had the model for an hour which didn't leave a lot of time for set up. I did throw the sheets in the dryer for a few minutes but didn't have time for ironing.
This was my first attempt at "painting with light". I set the focus with the light on and then turned it off and used the remote to take the shot. When the shutter opened, I moved a flashlight over her quickly. She did fairly well at holding still for a 6-year-old, but with the six second exposure there was some movement of her arm & hand.
The composition is "off" because the camera was knocked after I turned the light off, and I didn't realize that it had moved so far until I went to set up for the next shot.
The "hot pixels" are actually glitter that she wanted to wear.
Unfortunately, I did this shoot late Sunday and didn't have time to reshoot for the challenge. I do plan on going back and trying again only this time I will iron the sheet, not let her use glitter, and double check the framing before each shot. I like the lighting effect, but I obviously need some practice with it.
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