this morning i was looking through hiroshi sugimoto's portfolio, and i was struck by how when he photographs the sea he often puts the horizon line exactly across the middle of the picture. which most people who know stuff about photography will tell you not to do. i was thinking about how bisecting the frame like that creates a graphic design component to the photograph that wouldn't otherwise be present, especially in this one, which i think became an album cover for u2.
so i thought i would borrow that idea for this picture.... instead of a horizon line i used the joint where my wall becomes ceiling, and i noticed a bit of reflected highlight on one side, so i put myself under it so it would make a sort of a halo effect. i have no idea what's reflecting up there, i just figured i'd take advantage of it. i kept this one a lot darker than i usually would.... i wanted it to be more about the wall and ceiling, and less about my presence.
setup shot:
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