Painting with Light

For the painting with light assignment, I was really trying to avoid the typical, unoriginal ways of displaying this type of photography. I came up with these three photos, which was not easy, and a way to describe them. The idea is that in the first photo, the light around the person is sparkling and bright, until the third photo, where they are noticeably letting off less light. I thought that this could be a way of explaining self-confidence through photography, when people are brought down by others and left feeling very unsure of themselves. People can be left feeling subconscious or torn down and avoid doing things that will make them stand out if they are put down by another person. In taking these photos, I realized it was very difficult to get the subject in focus because if the person so much as moved a finger it could ruin the entire thing. After many tries, I got the hang of the light and how to use it to get a better picture. I used a Nikon D3100 to take these photos with an aperture of f22 and a shutter speed of 12s.