Playing with light and shadow
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Location
This photo was taken in an old iron factory, which is now part of a park called "Landschaftspark" (engl.: landscape park) in the German city DuisburgTime
It was at the late afternoon.Lighting
The sky was fully clouded, so the lighting actually was quite soft outside. Due to the wall where every second brick was missing, the light came quite strong and on spot on the model, but due to the softness still spread enough to give light to the whole body. The light you see on the left is not a flash, but also natural light that came into the building, as it was mainly open and the side where you see the light on the left actually does not have a wall.Equipment
I used my Lumix DMC-G6 Micro-Four-Thirds Camera with the Lumix G 42,5mm (=85mm Fullframe) at f1.7.Inspiration
We have made a shooting all around this location and when we entered the building I immediately noticed this wall with this interesting light. We tried some different angles and positions and ended up with this as resultEditing
Post-Processing was not so much for this photo. Adjustments for lights, shadows, black and whites and of course the conversion to black and white, which goes along with the bw adjustments for the different color channels.In my camera bag
I am always carrying a lot with me. Luckily, Micro-Four-Thirds has a very low weight, so it is no problem to carry my G6, the 14-140mm f3.5-5.6, the 7.5mm Fisheye, the 42.5mm f1.7, filters and a tripod with me all the time.Feedback
Just keep your eyes open. Try anything that could be interesting. If it's not, you maybe can do it better next time or just do not try it again. As long as you are not using film, you have literally nothing to loose.
