Lighting Final

For this project I choose my mom as my subject. I choose her because my mother and I have been together since the day I was born so she has definitely made quite an impact and who I am today. For each photo I asked her to wear her uniform for each shot since she is always on the go and at her job, I also included her car to emphasize of the idea of her always on the go. And to add to that idea of her being busy all the time, I made her pose either outside or inside. For each photo I only made her either smile or be serious because she rarely shows any other emotion. This unit has definitely effected the way I take pictures because I know now that lighting does contribute a lot on how the person is feeling and how they want each photo to be interpreted. My mother is important to me because she has always been there for me and I know she always will be.

Natural

Existing

Existing

Natural

Artificial

Final Lighting Contact Sheet

Silhouette

Pattern

Solid 

Shape

Gradient

I actually enjoy taking silhouette photo's whether it be non-traditional or traditional because I just like how a shadow can also portray the subjects emotion without the their facial feature to do it for them.Yes I like photoshop it just takes time to learn which is alright. I really like the outcome of all the pictures. 

Lighting Project

Natural Light

For natural light I learned that shade has more of a balance specially towards the blacks,whites and greys. While the natural light create harsh dark shadows and doesn't have much of balance.If I was to do this again I would ask my subject to not look either directly to the camera or the sun.

Natural Light

Shade Light

Existing Light

For existing light I learned that different directions of how the picture is take does affect the way the picture turns out and where the deepest darks and lights are. If I was to do this again I would try to focus more on my subjects eyes because they seem to capture a lot of reflection detail. 

Front

45 Degree

Back

Side

        Artificial Light (Single Source)

I learned that artificial lighting is very different from natural and existing. I found it interesting that artificial light are able to mimic how natural and existing affected the face. I also learned that there are different ways of taking a picture it's not just a simple portrait style.

Butterfly

Loop

Silhouette

Hard

Soft

                     

Split

Rembrandt

Artificial Multiple Lights

From using multiple lights I learned that one, two, and three's pairs of lights do make a difference. You can see with one light which is key it doesn't create that sense of balance within the photo.

Key Light

Back Light

Fill Light