Sami Serola (inactive)'s photos

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...my name would be Saara (Sara, Sarah). My mother got this statue when she was expecting me. Ever since it decorated our mantelpiece and got a name Saara. One family friend once told one should turn it standing against the wall for a change because statues are meant to be seen from all sides. When I grew up, and our childhood home went under hammer in 1990's economical crises, my mother gave this statue to me. Now it decorates our bathroom, and of course she turns around every now and then. This shot is inspired by The Sunday Challenge "Personal belonging". My technical challenge was to "squeeze" high-key and the low-key photography into same image, but I failed because I just ran out of spotlights. One more lamp would have been needed to remove the shadow from the top of the statue. So, I guess the technical challenge here is selective lighting. If you like to see how this was made, then see here: www.ipernity.com/doc/serola/34976119 BUT don't, if you want to stick into illusion =P EDIT: Retrospectively posting this to 'NOT the Sunday Challenge', because this also fits to 'high-key' and 'low-key' challenges had at TSC during May 2015.

" let me be your Main Man let me be your Cowboy let me do your Boogaloo hmmm...what does this make me? I see...then I'll be the Indian " -Jane Siberry, Ingrid and the Footman Inspired by TSC "Personal belonging", I took a shot of this chessboard I bought in 1990's. At that time I used to listen Jane Siberry because I found her lyrics fresh. I guess at that time, as an young adult, I was seriously trying to form my understanding on what is black and white, east and west, north and south, friend and foe, a difference between good and bad. And the answer of course is somewhere between... Or depends on the point of view. Technical challenge here was to use selective lighting and all the rest done "in-camera" (high contrast B&W).

When shooting TSC "A personal belonging", I put up this home studio setting. Notice the notes ;-)