More bone photography.

Photography at home

I took some photos at home when it was a sunny day, so I decided to use the light to my advantage and take some photos of the skulls I have at home.

I also decided to take advantage of my Grays Anatomy book as a background for the photos, as its vintage and makes a decent background for my project, especially considering my project focuses on anatomy.

Photo taken on F5.6, Shutter speed 1/125, ISO 400

I really like the composition of this shot, and the colours are complementary.  I also like the way the background is blurred so it doesn't steal attention from the fox skull but it is still obvious what it is. The colours are also very soft on the eyes. The lighting was quite bright so I used a lower ISO to darken the photo and give it some kind of atmosphere.

Photo taken on F 5.6, Shutter speed 1/125, ISO 400

This photo was focused more on the perspective using a small depth of field to bring attention to the small details. I like the clarity and softness of this image too, and how you can see the details in the leather of the book as well as the details in the foxes skull. The angle of the photo also makes it more interesting, too.

Photo taken on F 5.6, Shutter speed 1/125 and ISO 800

I wanted to make this picture slightly brighter than the rest so I increased the ISO of this photo. I again like the perspective of this one, and it was supposed to go in harmony with the first photo in this set, just the fox at a different angle. I also really like the holes where the teeth used to be, they add some interest to the image. 

I then decided to take some photos of the inside of the book as a background, as the pages and images look quite vintage too. I also thought as they were diagrams about internal anatomy that I could combine the skulls with the diagrams to express the human and animal similarities.

Photo taken on F 5.6, Shutter Speed 1/125, ISO 1600

I like the lighting on this photo, and I also like how I chose to put the fox skull on the page about the cranium. As I stated above I wanted to create a relationship between the object in the photo and the pages of the book. Again, the page in the book doesnt steal the spotlight from the fox, it works more as a complementary background.

Photo taken on F 5.6, Shutter speed 1/125 ISO 800

I like this photo a lot as it is symmetrical on both the fox skull, the amount of teeth the fox has, and even the pages in the book. However, I do believe that I could've made the left page stand out a little more, it was more in the light than the right page so it came out a little pale.

Photo taken on F 5.6, Shutter speed 1/125, ISO 800

Photo taken on F 5.6, Shutter speed 1/125, ISO 800