Reflections Set 3

In these photos, the theme portrayed is the beauty of ballet and the athleticism; the sheet contrasts black and white and portrays the graceful flow of ballet and the dancer. As the dancer dances in the scene, the ground is like an abyss; she is in the darkest part of the universe, spreading light with the sheet flowing next to her. The light is the only thing keeping her company.

Another theme this photo is trying to communicate is from a past book. I have described the heartbreak of a girl as she stated, “If you never loved me from the beginning, why did you find me and make me fall into this false river of love?” This photo can be used as the blackness to symbolize the girl’s original form, a blank black canvas, so pure and dull. However, as the person is giving the girl more love, using the sheet as a symbol, the white sheet symbolizes purity, just like love. Alternatively, how love is supposed to be like, as it envelopes the girl, as she gets enveloped in the heartbreak, she starts to struggle and then breaks free from this cage of love and pain. The dancer’s movements are the struggle she is giving, both painful and graceful.

Technique:

• Contrast (black and white)
• Rule of Thirds
• Reflections
• Lighting (the use of smaller more concentrated lighting) on both sides of the dancer, one where she is facing and another behind her
• Negative space

Props:

• Umbrella (Qin dynasty umbrella style)
• Mirror paper 5 x 1.2 meters
• 10meter long sheet

 

Room for improvements:

• the brightness + exposure
• the capturing of the poses: although there are some very good poses that are captured, a lot of fast ones were hard to capture as the shots taken at that rate tend to be a bit blurry.

other photos: