Edward Weston (Lighting Workshop)

Edward Henry Weston was born March 24, 1886, in Highland Park, Illinois. Weston began his work for which he is most deservedly famous: natural forms, close-ups, nudes, and landscapes. Between 1927 and 1930, Weston made a series of monumental close-ups of seashells, peppers, and halved cabbages, bringing out the rich textures of their sculpture-like forms. I am going to try to do this with my lighting workshop as he focusses on textures and i'm bringing in different kinds of fruit and vegetables so the textures will be surreal. He also does most of his photos in black and white with a type of grain effect so I will take some photos in colour but also some in black and white.

This photo has a very oldfashioned feel to it as it isn't black and white but a very plain sepia effect to it but i love the composition of all the bananas together. I will put all my fruit together and see if I can get a good different composition to reflect this photo. This could also work with lighting as the top of the photo (roots of the banana) have a very dark shadowing.

This photo has great texture as everything is in focus so you can see the detail of the object. It also has a surreal feel to it as it doesn't look like what its come across. The black backdrop contrasts really well with the actual object and highlights it's perfections. I will be using a lighting box so I will move the light around to find it's best quality but also use a black background so I can get this contrast.