27 October 2022

PROJECT #7: LIGHT, Part 2 (Direct Side Light Portraits)


DIRECT SIDE LIGHT

*NOTE: The shadow(s) for these portraits should be dark

1. The light should illuminate your subject from an obvious side/direction.

A. IN CLASS, make FIVE+ photographs of your partner with this lighting.

B. AT HOME, make EIGHT+ photographs with this lighting of someone you live with. 

*. If you are using the same person for all eight images, move the light (or the subject) so that in each photo your human is illuminated a bit differently. The shadows might change shape and direction, and highlights will be in other places.

The differences might be slight, or dramatically obvious. Either way, you'll have a 'different' photo, and it is likely that one will be preferable over another (that's the point of doing multiples).

GENERAL NOTES:
*An obvious and distinctly dark shadow should be visible (dark side of the face)
**An obvious direction from where the light is emanating (coming in from one side only)
***Make sure the light you are using is NOT in the picture.

SUGGESTIONS:
*Use a small light to begin with, at night/in dark, and build from there.
**Possible light sources: small table lamp with/without the shade, cell phone flashlight, computer/laptop screen...



     

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