Okay, Kali I think I have finally figured out what kind of challenge to give you. (I always try to give the more experienced photographers more challenging challenges so I do some online research first).
Have you ever tried filtered flash photography? (I do hope you have the equipment to do this but you may not.) One or two speed lights should handle it, but more would be helpful. The Youtube tutorial with Elaine Torres shows how you can even use gel paper in front of the lens to get a cool effect.
Michael deCamp photographed his ‘Midnight Theatre’ by setting up an arrangement pf white objects on a beach at night and lighted the scene with a series of flashes covered with filters of different colours.
(Photo is in this link) https://www.artsy.net/artwork/michael-decamp-another-door-opens
I do not expect anything so elaborate but it does give you an idea of what can be done.
Here are two tutorials I found but there are a ton more out there if you just Google Gel photography. You could use a model if you want, but a still life would work just as well.
If you cannot do this because you do not have the equipment, how about giving star trails a shot? You could also do a two-fer with that one and enter it into the Monthly theme of Long Exposure.
@farmreporter well i dont own an external flash, but i do have some coloured filters that are supposed to fit my on-camera flash somewhere which i have never used, so i will try to do something with coloured light, it might just be a little more ad hoc! thanks for the idea
June 23rd, 2020
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Have you ever tried filtered flash photography? (I do hope you have the equipment to do this but you may not.) One or two speed lights should handle it, but more would be helpful. The Youtube tutorial with Elaine Torres shows how you can even use gel paper in front of the lens to get a cool effect.
Michael deCamp photographed his ‘Midnight Theatre’ by setting up an arrangement pf white objects on a beach at night and lighted the scene with a series of flashes covered with filters of different colours.
(Photo is in this link) https://www.artsy.net/artwork/michael-decamp-another-door-opens
I do not expect anything so elaborate but it does give you an idea of what can be done.
Here are two tutorials I found but there are a ton more out there if you just Google Gel photography. You could use a model if you want, but a still life would work just as well.
1 - Gel portrait photography with budget speedlites by Practical Photography
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FonqcfTFVM
2 - 5 Ways to use Color Gels in Studio Photo Shoots By Elaine Torres
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjkM3BgRn7c
If you cannot do this because you do not have the equipment, how about giving star trails a shot? You could also do a two-fer with that one and enter it into the Monthly theme of Long Exposure.