'The Mysterious Side'

This self-portrait wouldn't be half as Hitchcockian if it wasn't black and white stylization. I used solely tonal treatment to up the contrasting drama to its fullest. Colours would take that away. The shadows already speak for themselves. The man's shadow is placed directly on top of the light background. The areas close to the frame are darkened. Doing this, I was able to accentuate the contrast in the middle of the frame. It also concentrates observer's attention on the most dominant part.

The lamp is very important. Without it, the effect wouldn't be half as interesting. What do lamps usually do? They light the surroundings. But this one doesn't light anything, right? We have exactly the opposite - the shadow of a lamp lights nothing. The shadow of the lamp works well with the mysterious shadow with a strange hand gesture. Then, the stairs going up. The man's shadow is straight on, while the lamp, being away from the lenses, gets way more distorted. None of this was done in the post. The whole magic is at the chosen angle.

Why did I do this? Every person has something mysterious within. This was a way to portray that fact and I was the closest model. There was no special reason for it to be me or not be me. Also, I'd be seriously bored if I was to put my face up against a mirror, clicked it and then start calling it a self-portrait. :D

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Original Art Photography Series by @velimir #224 'The Mysterious Side'

'The Mysterious Side'

All images and text published in this post are my original work. I encourage everyone to use own texts, thoughts and images as much as possible. Be yourself and stay yourself. This is a proper way to build steemit.com. I do not have respect for dishonest authors. Also, bloggers actually DO matter!

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I'd like to extend my gratitude to everyone who continuously supports both of my ongoing projects (Motorcycle Travel Series and Art Photography Series). Big thank you for enjoying the content and appreciating my effort. This is what steemit.com is meant to be about.