Craft: When thinking of an idea for a unique way to take pictures of a shoe the image of fire came to mind. After looking through a closet trying to find forgotten about shoes, I came across a ratty old pair of my dad’s shoes. I figured since they have not been worn in a few years what’s the difference if I burn them up. Also, the shoe was black so I figured this would help in capturing a good flame photograph. I wanted until it was dark outside so the flames would be more visible. Then I filled up a big bucket of water for safety purposes. Next, I placed the shoe outside on the concrete patio and moistened the shoe with “just” a bit of liter fluid. Finally, I lit the shoe on fire with a match.
Composition: I knew with this type of picture that time was of the essences in order to get as many shots as possible before the shoe was entirely burned. For this reason I put my camera on continues shooting mode. I was most concerned about the greatest amount of pictures within the shortest period of time. I also did some testing before burning the shoe, I used different mode setting on the camera like motion and nighttime settings, I played around with more and less light directly on the shoe, and changed between with and without the flash. After finding a good combination I was happy with I lit the shoe on fire I just starting taking as many pictures as I could because I knew most would be bad but a few would be great and the more pictures I took the better my chances of getting a great photograph.
Concept: With this picture I was more focused on what the flame would look like then how the shoe liked. The shoe was basically a means to get the flame involved in this photograph. Also, it is very rare that someone sees a shoe burning on fire, I wanted this factor to add a real shock value to the viewer. The main objective was to surprise the viewer with something that is not seen everyday awhile at the same time capturing an awesome looking flame shot.
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