Fabrizio's PhotoBlog: Lighting Pt.1

Diary Entry

The first project for this year's photography II course. We received new tanks and new reels, this caused a little bit of difficulty in the dark room since i was not used to the new reel because the negative would go in as easy as in the reels from last year. I also got a new enlarger, which for now I am liking a lot, I don't think I ever did prints as fast, easy and good before, I am very pleased with the results I have for this project, I believe that I have improved without even noticing. Since this is my second year in the Photography course, I do not think Im expected to write a whole bunch about my bad experiences in this entry, for this project I believe everything went quite well.

Theory Notes

Soft Lighting - Can refer to the light around the main object or person. Hard lighting depends on the distance and the size of the light source, the closer the object is from the light source the softer the image becomes, and also the size of the light source, the bigger it is the softer it gets.

The picture to the right is a great example to demonstrate soft lighting in photography, you can see clearly that the subject has very little shadows and the photograph has a soft look to it.

Source: http://www.photoshopessentials

.com/images/photo-editing/hair-color/image-soft-light.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org

/wiki/Soft_light#Hard_light

Hard Lighting - It is simply illuminating the subject with a lot of light so the shadows will be created around the subject which causes a sharper image. The shadow can be controlled using light accessories and also the angle of the light source. The picture to the right show

s a subject been illuminated by hard light making the subject's face sharper with really dark shadows around it.

Source: http://media.photobucket.com/image/Hard%20Light/threeprongs/CW_tut_4.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_light#Hard_light

Three Point Lighting - Is a method used in photography where the subject is in the middle and has different light sources around creating different effects that the photographer can simply control.

Example:

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-point_lighting

Image Bank

This Image was taken by photographer Gary Berstein. He has designed and produced photography, commercials and marketing campaigns for clients all over the world and has received a degree in Architecture from Penn State University, a Masters in Film from Brooks Institute, a Masters in Contemporary Art from The Smithsonian Institution in Washington,

D.C., The Photographic Craftsman Degree from The Professional Photographers of America and among other awards. Gary lives in Southern California with his wife and children. I chose this pictures because the subject is being shown with soft light, very little shadows on the face and around.

http://www.garybernsteinstudio.com/index.html

This Image was taken by the Dutch photographer Jeroen Bouman. His grandfather was a photographer and when Jeroun got his own camera he could not just let it go, years later he became a professional photographer. He studied photography at the St. Luke Academy in Brussels and the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, after which he started in 1992 as a freelance photojournalist. In 1995 Jeroen exchanged for a permanent job as a corporate photographer for Capital Pictures and later Benelux Press. Since 1999 Jeroen is fully independent again. I chose this picture because it ties in with the 3 point lighting, in this case the sun represents the back light which gives that "aura" effect.

http://www.jeroenbouman.com/

This picture was taken by Bert Spangemacher and it ties in with the project because this is a picture of a hard light, it can be clearly seen because of the hard shadows around the subject, this is because there was only once source of light in a dark room, probably from the top of the subject thus this effect with nothing but black around.

Fashion & Beauty photographer Bert Spangemacher lives and works in New York City, specializing in commercial and editorial pictures. He has over 15 years experience and travels frequently to Los Angeles and

Germany on assignments.

Sensitive to style and aware of trends, Bert’s photographs are marked by a contemporary and minimalist style. He is skilled at lighting and has an eye for seizing the right moment. Clients appreciate his speed, efficiency and punctuality as well as the meticulous attention he pays to details, but they also find him engaging and easy to work with.

http://www.spangemacher.com/

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