Experiments

These pictures are unedited and were all made keeping aperture constant, using spot metering on the object (suggestion from David R.) and all exposed 1.7 stops high. The only variant was where I put the light.I experimented in the dark basement (so the one light was the only light source) with moving the light around.... and made an inadvertent discovery! When the light pointed at the background (white posterboard), the background was quite whiter, whereas it got greyer when the light was more on the object. Of course, when the light was only behind the object, there was a sort of silhouette rather than the object itself, so I'm not quite sure how to handle that. I will repeat the experiment with non-white objects.

Participating in Joan Robillard's indoor lighting theme http://365project.org/discuss/general/29089/amatuer-indoor-photography This follows her first suggestion in http://365project.org/joansmor/365/2017-01-04

[katy]

quite a drastic difference for the egg and less so for the candy. An interesting trial. Thanks for sharing the results like this

[Annie D]

A great experiment - I must do more of this so I can learn about lighting - thanks for sharing

[Taffy]

Absolutely fascinating.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Love the first one where the egg seems to fade into the back ground.

[Harry J Benson]

it is always good to experiment and post your results so that we all can learn

[David]

Ah! You got there. Well done!

[Joan Robillard]

Good experiment

[Sheralee S]

Great experiment. It's a lot of fun to play with off camera lighting. It can be very intimidating at first.

[B]

Yes, interesting - thanks for posting experiment results - I'm motivated by your - is it 'high key' photos - and I'm charging battery of manual camera - to learn, first step, charge battery. Love white on white!

[Joyce]

Interesting experiment Francoise Great shots

[Salt Water Woman]

Hi there Francoise... looks like we are paired for this weeks Get Pushed Challenge... I love your creative work btw... so I offer this challenge to you "City Streets at Night"...

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Great experiement and results

[gloria jones]

Well done...thanks for sharing...neat shots

[Karen H]

Love the experiment , I was just reading about that difference on a blog.

I saw on your profile you teach math, my specialty at an elementary level. Following

[Call me Joe]

Very impressive, love the top left most!!:)

[william wooderson]

Eggs-eptional!

[Chris Johnson]

Some egg-cellent results!! I love experimenting with light, you can learn so much.