• Move objects around in the room, experimenting with perspective and lighting. Consider how you can use the lighting to create layers.
• Try adjusting the zoom on your lens. Place some items close to the lens and some further away. Start with a wide lens (zoomed all the way out) and then zoom-in in steps.
For the next two pictures I placed the foot lamp in two different locations. When the lighting sources overlap, even when they apart, they don't seem to create depth (photo 1).
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The zoom creates the sensation that objects are closer between each other, an idea of flatness, as we could test in the previous exercise. The sets of images below (3&4 and 5&6) show this, but the light spots help to create depth, focusing your attention on objects that, due to its size, are obviously closer than others (image 7 and the plant, compared with the person behind).
You would also think that the room used in 4 is smaller than the room used in image 3, though the space and camera position is the same.
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Finally, images 7 and 8 would seem to be done in a more cluttered space, but this would only be because we can see more of the objects in the image.
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All of the images would give a feeling of secrecy, mysteriousness, except probably image 8. This is because the light used is hard, i.e. creates sharp shadows in objects and people.
