Lighting

   For these photos I chose to explore the element of lighting. The first photo was taken using the overhead light in the room. The second photo was taken with the overhead lighting and my camera's flash. In the third photo, I turned off the ceiling light and turned on my florescent terrarium light off to the right of the plant. With the plain overhead lighting in the first photo, all of the colors look about the same and no item truly "pops out" at you. The camera's flash highlights everything in the foreground and makes the face of the plant the focus of the whole photo. The florescent lighting hitting the plant at an angle casts a shadow and highlights only some of the features of the African Violets, which gives the photo mystery and character in my opinion. Lighting can definately affect the mood of a photograph.