whimscial

When playing the Daily Photo Game I usually find myself, as most of the other Players, alone working on an image. When bouncing around ideas, thinking about the reaction from the previous days image, solitude is a great partner and teacher. Sometimes ideas come in a split second….other times not. This time was no different. This image was pre-visualized this morning and from start to finish only a few small changes were made to the original idea. The bright color of the whimsical face with the white background of the ball pulls the viewer in, and the long hard shadow created by the hard light adds texture and interest to the image. Deciding to choose hard light supplemented by other small lights, black and white cards of various sizes with tin foil and mirrors, with some diffusion through in, all to direct and reflect the main and supplemental lights. The smooth ball placed on the sand adds a bit of depth, and the texture of the sand helps the ball to stand out in the final image.