Lighting Techniques

Today we learnt about 4 different Lighting Techniques:
Split, Loop, Rembrandt and Hollywood, below I have given an example of each and a quick recap.  

Hollywood Lighting 

 

Hollywood Lighting is when you place the Light source directly in front of the subject, at a high angle. This lighting technique creates a little shadow under the nose and a reflector is used underneath to fill in the shadows. 

 Loop Lighting 

Loop Lighting is when the lighting source is again at a high angle but instead of being at front on it is placed to the right of the subject and creates a shadow to the side of the nose and face which gives a slimming effect. 

 Rembrandt Lighting

Rembrandt Lighting is from a higher angle then Loop Lighting and a bit more to the right of the subject, but you must be careful that you don't lose the lighting in the eyes. This lighting creates shadow on one side of the face and create a triangle on the cheek.  

 Split Lighting 

Slit Lighting is when the light source is directly adjacent to the subject and lights half of the face. Also the height of the lighting source is lower then the other techniques. A reflector has been used to soften the darker side of the face.     

Treasure Hunt

This Photo depicts moving water, I took this image without a tripod so there is a little bit of unwanted movement in the background but over all the photo turned out well.   

The Next photo is of 3 of my class mates do there impression of a rockstar jump. 

The next task was to fill the frame with something black, this is a building in the city and was perfect for the photo because the natural lighting created different shades of black that makes the photo interesting and more three demential and not so flat.    

Next I was to take a photo of door handle of a white car, to make the photo more interesting I took the image from a lower angle looking up at the door handles with the furthest handle being in focus. 

For this image I took two shots and then overlaid them with one layer having a lower opacity, this effect is a different way of showing a car driving on the road and showing movement.    

To make this "A" look bigger I took the shot from a lower angle looking up and I also took the image from a skewed angle which makes it visually more interesting.  

For this next task of "A person wearing a tie" I used the natural light the the left of the photo to create short lighting on the mans face.

This image shows a reflection a persons face in the bus window, the dark tint of the bus window was perfect for creating a strong reflection. 

This next image shows an old farm shed which is older than 50years, the tree next to it also exceeds 50 years, this photo was taken in the middle of the day with a perfect blue sky which I wanted the show, that is why I have included a lot of the sky in the photo. 

This old falling down fence makes the perfect image for the task of "something that needs improvement". The old wire is rusted and the pole is starting to give way and without improvement it will give into the force of natural elements that surround it.   

This image shows something doing exactly what the sign says, in this case the car has stopped at the red lights. 

These colourful flowers are a little bright spot in a dark world, there bright colour against a washed out grey back ground provide great contrast. 

This front on view of an old FARGO truck is a blast from the past due to the trucks old age. I have chosen a simple front on view because the truck is already visually interesting and I wanted the viewer to focus on the rust and ageing of the truck.    

This Silhouette is of a lone dead tree in a paddock, and although it is the only large object in the photo it makes an interesting focal point and the individuality of the tree is intriguing to the viewer.   

This next image is "a view from above" and looks down at a valley of trees which look so small because of the higher view point that the photo was taken at. 

Portraiture Techniques

These two photos show examples of Broad and Short Lighting. The first photo is an example of short lighting where the soft box is lighting up the side of the face furthest away for the camera and as a result creates a shadow over the side of the face nearest the camera which creates a slimming effect. 

The second Photo shows an example of Broad Lighting. This is created when the lighting is pointed to the side of the face which is closest to the camera, therefore highlighting the larger side of the face which emphasises it and makes it look more broad.