This is Aki-chan, my new little tomodachi. We were hanging out this week, on a rainy day, and I couldn’t help but pull out my camera to capture the essence of his character.
Above Pic: It was pouring rain and Aki was having a great time playing in the puddles. I was balancing my camera in one hand and umbrella in the other. We were playing a game which was getting him very excited. I managed to get this shot at the perfect time, between his serious moments of concentration and his animated screams.
Technical: I squatted down to shoot this at the same height as Aki. With a 50mm lens, I used f/2.8 @ 1/100sec. The overcast lighting was fairly flat, so I increased contrast in post-production and added vignetting.
Above Pic: Portraits don’t have to be of the face, and other details can ‘say’ just as much about someones character.
I used the beautiful backlight from the door to capture this natural image of Aki’s adorable little feet, as he dropped the letter he was reading to look around inquisitively at other things in the room. With my 50mm lens, I pumped the ISO up to 250, to use f/2.2 @ 1/150sec.
Above Pic: Aki was standing on top of slippery slide in his room, taking advantage of his new-found ability to reach high things. He was fascinated by the rice-paper light hanging from the ceiling. I managed to catch him as he looked down at me for a second to see what I was doing.
Technical: The tungsten light was the light source illuminating Aki with a warm tone. It’s brightness blew all detail and colour out, to create a pure white space. This was shot at f/2 @ 1/60, ISO250.
Above Pic: Aki seemed completely unaware that I was still with him as he marched through the rain, down this drain covering. The colours of the foliage were so lush in the wet, and the green surrounds were a perfect contrast with his red shirt.
I love the leading line of the drain, which dissects the image down the centre. The symmetry is thrown off by the tilted umbrella on the left, which balances Aki’s positioning to the right.
