Work Dairy - Outdoor Contrast 2

Evaluation:
In this section showing outdoor contrast it was relatively easy to find a range of contrasting colour, shape, texture and dark/light areas. On the day we shot the sun was quite high in the sky so I was able to find some areas of strong contrast between light and dark. Also the college uses a lot of different building materials to differentiate different areas. As below

In this image there is a strong contrast between the two colours of brick. The interesting thing about this is that they are both the same brick, laid n the same pattern so the only contrast is in the colour  of the brick it's self. So this contrast is made purely through colour and not shade, shadow, texture or light/dark.

In this image we can see a strong contrast as one subject (the brick wall) is in light and the other subject (the wooden wall) is in shadow. The fact that they are different materials is of less importance in showing contrast.  I exposed this shot for the brick wall thus throwing the wooden wall behind in total darkness. You can just about make out the slatted wood if you look hard.

Progression:
If I were to continue this section I would like to shoot at night. Using flash I would aim to get very strong shadows and very dark and light tones as in the images below. I would set up lights in areas to get some long shadows and good silhouettes.  A forest would be good to experiment with this kind of light but equally an old building or anywhere where lights can be placed to emphasise shadow.

In this image I can't see where the light source is so I think this was done by taking a very long exposure and painting with light using a torch. If the exposure was around 5 to 10 seconds you would be able to expose for some areas with a torch and not get yourself in the shot.

In this image there is a single large light source hidden behind the tree at night and if I were to do this I would need a strong light source. Either flash or a powerful torch. Buy using a low ISO you would be able to increase contrast as less detail would be picked up.