Trivia:
"'Power is everywhere' - even in reading." Bennett & Royle, quoting Foucault in their critical theory book Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory, a book which has saved my neck in a good number of essays and which, as I discovered once I got home, is present in this photograph not only through its links with the title, but also physically: the black volumes to the right on Cazz' eyelevel are indeed copies of that very book.
Setup:
We went to the University of Kent's library and ended up shooting in the critical theory section. Istood on one of the things to step on when you need to reach the higher books. I gave Cazz a 580EX and he put it in his shirt with the head looking out, with the wide angle shield out and the catchlight thingy out as well, in oder to make sure that the light would spread nicely over the entire book and that some of the light would be bounced back down onto the book by the flap. Result: the light bounces off the book onto Cazz' face and breast, from where it bounces onto his hands and a little bit on the back of the book.
I had a friend's SB-800 to the left just in front of Cazz, but it didn't fire for this shot. I use the eBay triggers from Gadget Infinity and they're not 100% reliable. Which happened to be good here, as it allowed for more ambient light to come in while I twist-zoomed during the exposure. I should have seen the potential of this during the shooting and opened the aperture a bit, but this one turned out ok so I guess it's alright.
Post Processing:
RAW Concersion in RSP
-color temp 7900, tint 27
-Exp. compensation -0,38
-Fill Light 26
-Shadow Contrast 11
-Highlight contrast -54
-TIFF opened in...
PSCS3
-NeatImage
-Brightness/Contrast +15/-35
-Curves (blacks were slightly washed out)
-HSL (Saturation +26)
-Crop
-Resize
-USM 170/0,6/6
-USM 15/15/0 to increase local contrast and add a bit of 3D effect.
-save for web.
Thanks to Mr Strobist and his blog - this is the first time I've seriously worked with off-camera flash.
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Nice take on the challenge....creative....not sure how you did the effect in basic though...I'm going to score you high and trust you'll wow me with the details!
Probably the best of the challenge. An idea which has appeared before, but extremely well executed, and with the added twist of the motion blur. An exceptionally well done shot!
Given the rest of garbage in this challenge, I suppose this is a top ten shot. It doesn't convey book smarts in the least, but I'm betting that won't hold it back.
Great concept. Executed well too! I like the slightly askew composition, I think it works well for the theme. Good control of the light from the book, with that close space, it could be easy to blow out highlights.
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