Photography - week 10 - 30/04/2019
Lights
Today we looked into lighting, Last year we did go over lighting and how to light up a portrait down in the studio. We just simply brushed over everything again and mainly covered different lighting styles, harsh light vs soft light, and the lighting kits equipment. Also went over the safety with using the lights and how to prevent any problems that could occur, and energy surge.
Different lighting
REMBRANDT
SIDE
BUTTERFLY
SHORT & BROAD
HIGH KEY
LOW KEY
High key light
Low ratio between lights
Upbeat
Emphasis on shape
Homogenous
Overexposure
Low key lighting
High Contrast
Accent on form
Deep shadows
Dramatic
Inspired by Chiaroscuro (see Caravaggio or Vermeer)
Futher research
"Hard light produces well-defined, dark shadows and tends to originate from a single light source, which is usually either small or located far away. By contrast, soft light produces either soft shadows or no shadows at all. It can be generated from several light sources, by diffusing light using some kind of barrier (e.g., a diffuser or even just a sheet of paper), or by reflecting light off of different surfaces so that the subject is hit from various angles. In natural lighting conditions, hard light is produced on a sunny day when there is little or no cloud cover, and when the sun is high in the sky—which is something that is generally to be avoided, particularly by beginners. Shooting in other kinds of weather, such as cloudy days, foggy conditions, or even when there is air pollution, will produce soft light, as the sun’s rays are reflected or diffused by the particles in the air (moisture, pollution, etc.).
In general, the size of the light source is inversely proportional to the hardness of the light, meaning that smaller light sources produce harder light.
Soft light, on the other hand, can be created using reflectors or diffusers:
Reflectors: The action of reflecting light essentially turns the reflector into a secondary light source. All kinds of things can be used as reflectors, whether shooting indoors or outdoors. These include professional reflectors or just sheets of paper.
Diffusers: In natural lighting conditions, clouds are great examples of diffusers. In artificial lighting conditions, any semi-transparent material that diffuses or softens the light can be used. Lamp shades are a great example of light diffusion. When shooting, even a thin white cloth can be used." S James (N.D) ( https://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/lighting-for-photography/ )
"Front lighting, or placing the subject so that light is directly in front of the person or object, brings out the detail. Why? With the light directly in the front, the shadows fall behind the object, so there aren’t any shadows in the image to conceal any details. Front lighting is the simplest to shoot, however, it sometimes looks rather flat or boring.
Side lighting, or placing the light source or the subject so that the light hits from the side, fights the boring look of front lighting by creating shadows and depth. Side lighting is still fairly simple to shoot — you just have to careful and watch how the shadows fall. Side lighting doesn’t have to be at a 90 degree angle and even minor adjustments can change the way the shadows fall. When shooting with lighting from the side, watch where the shadows fall — small adjustments in the subject’s position can create more interesting or flattering shadows.
Back lighting is the trickiest of the bunch — proceed with caution. Without a light modifier or the understanding of manual mode, you’ll end up with a silhouette. Beginners are often best to avoid backlighting scenarios, like when you place the subject directly in front of a window. Don’t ignore it for too long however — once you’re comfortable in manual mode, backlighting can create spectacular images. When backlight, many things appear to glow — leaves and flowers, for example. Backlighting also gives portraits a nice pop and almost a halo effect." CreativeLive (N.D)
Update on Project
I have edited all the photos from all photo shoots, I have done and put them into a mock up book to see how the lay out would work and the aesthetic appeal to the book. After printing and having a look at the lay out, the lay out is nice and cohesive and the images are cohesive and tells the story of a morning routine. I have noticed that I did miss a photo in my photo shoot with the micro lens so I will have to do that, and also figure out a way to take photos of running water.
I also have to adjust the exposure and white in the images as it is showing noise when I printed the photos and I want to avoid that happening with the final product for hand it. Due to having that problem last year, I want to minimize any noise, or colour bleeding with the photos in the final product.
the other concern I have with these images, is making them surreal or the blue undertone being to over powering and not looking nice.
I would like to experiment with colours and filtering, to give the image a more cleaner feel or a more surreal feel. As right now they just look like photos you would see in a magazine as advertisement or in a fashion magazine. I would like to look into making them have an airy feel, and a less stylistic perfect.
Today we looked into lighting, Last year we did go over lighting and how to light up a portrait down in the studio. We just simply brushed over everything again and mainly covered different lighting styles, harsh light vs soft light, and the lighting kits equipment. Also went over the safety with using the lights and how to prevent any problems that could occur, and energy surge.
Different lighting
REMBRANDT
SIDE
BUTTERFLY
SHORT & BROAD
HIGH KEY
LOW KEY
Rembrandt lighting producing a triangle of shadow on darker side of face below the eye named after Dutch painter who often used this kind of lighting effect
Copy of Rembrandt painting by artist Sergey Gusev
Commonly seen in renascence portrait paintings, more so in self portraits.
Side Lighting is achieved by placing a single light to one side at 90 degrees to the subject and slightly higher than eye level. This side of the face is exposed leaving the other in shadow.
Butterfly lighting is achieved by positioning the light directly above and in front of the sitter to produce a small flattering shadow under the nose.
Best with certain features
Often used by Paramount Film stars in the 40’s
Sometimes called Dietrich lighting after Marlene Dietrich (opposite)
Short or Board lighting, both of these techniques only really apply to portraits where the face is angled however slightly to camera. They can be combined with other lighting set-ups.
Short lighting, is biased toward the side of the face that is less visible to the viewer – in other words the side that is angled/facing away.
Board lighting favours the side of the face angled toward the viewer
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| Board lighting |
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| Short lighting |
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| High Key |
High key light
Low ratio between lights
Upbeat
Emphasis on shape
Homogenous
Overexposure
Low key lighting
High Contrast
Accent on form
Deep shadows
Dramatic
Inspired by Chiaroscuro (see Caravaggio or Vermeer)
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| Low key |
Futher research
"Hard light produces well-defined, dark shadows and tends to originate from a single light source, which is usually either small or located far away. By contrast, soft light produces either soft shadows or no shadows at all. It can be generated from several light sources, by diffusing light using some kind of barrier (e.g., a diffuser or even just a sheet of paper), or by reflecting light off of different surfaces so that the subject is hit from various angles. In natural lighting conditions, hard light is produced on a sunny day when there is little or no cloud cover, and when the sun is high in the sky—which is something that is generally to be avoided, particularly by beginners. Shooting in other kinds of weather, such as cloudy days, foggy conditions, or even when there is air pollution, will produce soft light, as the sun’s rays are reflected or diffused by the particles in the air (moisture, pollution, etc.).
In general, the size of the light source is inversely proportional to the hardness of the light, meaning that smaller light sources produce harder light.
Soft light, on the other hand, can be created using reflectors or diffusers:
Reflectors: The action of reflecting light essentially turns the reflector into a secondary light source. All kinds of things can be used as reflectors, whether shooting indoors or outdoors. These include professional reflectors or just sheets of paper.
Diffusers: In natural lighting conditions, clouds are great examples of diffusers. In artificial lighting conditions, any semi-transparent material that diffuses or softens the light can be used. Lamp shades are a great example of light diffusion. When shooting, even a thin white cloth can be used." S James (N.D) ( https://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/lighting-for-photography/ )
"Front lighting, or placing the subject so that light is directly in front of the person or object, brings out the detail. Why? With the light directly in the front, the shadows fall behind the object, so there aren’t any shadows in the image to conceal any details. Front lighting is the simplest to shoot, however, it sometimes looks rather flat or boring.
Side lighting, or placing the light source or the subject so that the light hits from the side, fights the boring look of front lighting by creating shadows and depth. Side lighting is still fairly simple to shoot — you just have to careful and watch how the shadows fall. Side lighting doesn’t have to be at a 90 degree angle and even minor adjustments can change the way the shadows fall. When shooting with lighting from the side, watch where the shadows fall — small adjustments in the subject’s position can create more interesting or flattering shadows.
Back lighting is the trickiest of the bunch — proceed with caution. Without a light modifier or the understanding of manual mode, you’ll end up with a silhouette. Beginners are often best to avoid backlighting scenarios, like when you place the subject directly in front of a window. Don’t ignore it for too long however — once you’re comfortable in manual mode, backlighting can create spectacular images. When backlight, many things appear to glow — leaves and flowers, for example. Backlighting also gives portraits a nice pop and almost a halo effect." CreativeLive (N.D)
Update on Project
I have edited all the photos from all photo shoots, I have done and put them into a mock up book to see how the lay out would work and the aesthetic appeal to the book. After printing and having a look at the lay out, the lay out is nice and cohesive and the images are cohesive and tells the story of a morning routine. I have noticed that I did miss a photo in my photo shoot with the micro lens so I will have to do that, and also figure out a way to take photos of running water.
I also have to adjust the exposure and white in the images as it is showing noise when I printed the photos and I want to avoid that happening with the final product for hand it. Due to having that problem last year, I want to minimize any noise, or colour bleeding with the photos in the final product.
the other concern I have with these images, is making them surreal or the blue undertone being to over powering and not looking nice.
I would like to experiment with colours and filtering, to give the image a more cleaner feel or a more surreal feel. As right now they just look like photos you would see in a magazine as advertisement or in a fashion magazine. I would like to look into making them have an airy feel, and a less stylistic perfect.
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