{"id":959,"date":"2016-10-26T19:42:46","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T19:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/?p=959"},"modified":"2020-03-23T11:12:59","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T11:12:59","slug":"light-painting-a-dancer-kenna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philippemonthoux.com\/blog\/light-painting-a-dancer-kenna\/","title":{"rendered":"Light Painting a Dancer: Kenna"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Edinburgh, the Royal Mile is the street connecting Edinburgh castle to the Palace of Holyrood, the official residence of the Queen in Scotland. Photographically speaking, the Royal Mile and the areas surrounding it offer great opportunities.<\/p>\n

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Lines, shapes and texture. Some of the elements of design I look for. Adding colour with creative use of white balance (tungsten) to add colour contrast with Kenna’s purple top.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kenna and I walked about quite a bit to scout the areas around the Royal Mile. Then\u00a0I\u00a0spotted a set of columns near St Giles Cathedral. Lines, shapes and textures aplenty, so I knew there was a photograph there. Because of Kenna\u2019s purple top, I decided to use the tungsten white balance to give the stones a definite blue cast, to provide good colour contrast.<\/p>\n

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The entrance of St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile is another location replete with photo opportunities.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We didn\u2019t have to move far for the next set up. The stairs to the entrance of St Giles Cathedral is a location I spotted way back then as I was taking an online photography course.<\/p>\n

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The vertical composition better showcases (in my opinion) the lines and shapes of the background.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As Bryan Peterson, a photographer I really admire, is fond of saying: \u201cWhat is the best time to take a vertical photograph? Right after you take the horizontal\u201d.<\/p>\n

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I really like the urban feel of this building, with the pipes and textured walls.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the great lessons I learned from top class photographer is to \u201cwork your subject\u201d. Usually, I have some limited time at a given location with my subject, and I therefore like to revisit locations I have used before. That give me the opportunity to work my subject some more. Since I learn new things in between visits, that gives me the opportunity to improve upon the photographs previously taken at that location.<\/p>\n

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I prefer this shot over the previous because of i) the pose and ii) the sign over the door is better “light painted”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I had used the building in the above photograph in a shoot with another dancer, Jennifer. I wanted to try a different composition and new poses with Kenna. The picture above\u00a0is my second favourite photo from the shoot. My favourite picture from the day is the first picture in this post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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