Test shots

In my test shoot I wanted to test the lighting. I tried most simple poses, just as I planned the first shot – subject sitting on the bed before going to sleep. For this shot I used single light and tried to create dark room with just model light and with strong shadows. However, due to the fact that the bed is near the wall and they are white it was very difficult to control the light.

I believe that this shot is the most successful from this shoot, because I like the way my subject is light, the shadows and even the expression. He looks tired and concerned about the night that is coming. Moreover, I got a very nice shadow behind his back, which symbolises the dark side of sleep paralysis. It looks that someone is already waiting and something is going to happen.

I also tried to shoot the person lying in the bed. I tried different styles of lighting – light from the window, light from table lamp or the same single light that I used for my first shot. Unfortunately, none of them worked for me.

I believe that this test was very helpful, because I realised that if I do my final shoot similar way, I will need a different room, because it was very hard to control the light when the walls are white and bed stands near them. Ideally free standing bed would work perfect for my final shoot.