4 Windows

This photograph came about during a day of experimentation with different aperture and shutter speed combinations. The settings for this photograph are identical to the settings for Breakfast. The main difference between the two photos is that 4 Windows uses the regular portrait setting while Breakfast was taken on a macro setting. Also, like Breakfast, there is a strong back light.

The most striking thing in this photograph is the color. There has been no color-correction or post-editing (except for resizing) done. Perhaps it is the gradient provided by the reflected light of the white lamp between the two middle windows that causes the whole composition to have a desaturated look that I find very aesthetically pleasing.

The additional elements of a wooden chair and a vase of roses give this scene some context and mystery and the photographer would like to humbly call the viewer's attention to the small blue flower in the window sill second from left. I really enjoy how this accent of blue contrasts with the consistently warm colors in the rest of the scene.

Aperture: 2.8
Shutter Speed: 1/2,000
ISO: 100

Breakfast

This photograph is a study in false perspective. The subject is a peeled orange. My hope is that the first impression the viewer has is of a subject sitting on the floor within a few feet of a door of some kind with light shining through and under. In fact, there are two sources of light that are separated by a distance of about 8 feet. The main light source is the morning sun coming through the kitchen window (roughly 8 feet from the subject). The second source (the bright spot at left-center) is only a few inches from the subject. It is a reflection being thrown by the beveled front of the stove. That these two light sources seem to combine into a single plane of existence is a remarkable illusion in my opinion. Other aspects of composition took a back seat to this effect and in retrospect I would have liked to have had just touch of fill lighting. Perhaps even a small bounce card of come kind throwing some of the sunlight onto the unlit part of the subject.

Aperture: 2.8
Exposure: 1/2,000
ISO: 100