Part 5 Exercise 5

For the final exercise in this part of the course I needed to take a photograph that would be appropriate for the cover of a magazine with the title 'Rain'

Once again I tried a few ideas, I found rain is very difficult to photograph effectively, I did not want to take a still life as I thought the umbrella/Wellington boots shot was a little predictable.  In order to get some interest into the shot I thought of using a human face and some emotion, these types of photographs are, in my opinion, always of interest.  I decided that I would take a photograph of my son stuck inside on a rainy day.  I sprayed the window with water and had him looking forlornly outside.   After several attempts I realised that the better shot would be from outside looking in.  I used my telephoto lens concentrated on the water and get my son to look outside quite close to the glass.  The affect is of the water being in sharp focus and a slightly miserable boy being just out of focus.  I then altered the photograph to black and white in lightroom to provide a moodier look.

This is the result:

1/60, F5.0, ISO 400