Lighting Final

Existing

 

Natural Lighting

Natural Lighting

Artificial

Natural Lighting

      I chose my brother for the project as one of the most important people in my life. We fight a lot and I mean A LOT but we are extremely close. We have been through a lot together with my parents getting a divorce and a whole bunch of other stuff in between then in now. I would do anything for him and he knows that. We rely on each other even if we don't tell each other exactly whats happening we are still there and support each other. The pictures of my brother in the natural light I think especially show his all the sides of his personality. The picture of him sitting on the bench and his facial expression is exactly the face he makes when he gets mad. The picture of Andrew on his bike is a prop I really liked in his picture because we all used to ride bikes in our neighborhood that's how we would all get to each others houses and stuff. Also he's wearing shorts and that's important to his picture because he hates to wear long pants and shorts are his favorite thing to wear. I love the picture of Andrew smiling sitting on the steps. I think he looks really happy and that was a genuine smile and we were just goofing off while I was taking it and thats how it happened, and I'm really happy with how it came out. It captured a moment and you don't see that smile very often. The artificial picture really showed how he can be serious and I think the lighting just gives like an intelligent feeling and he is really smart. The existing light picture is Andrew wearing one of his favorite shirts. We get Hershey Park season passes so we are there quite often and he loves to be there the most. Also when my brother gets really excited he makes the expression and puts his arm up like that so I thought that was a good thing to incorporate into his picture.All of these pictures have a different side of Andrew and I'm just really happy I got to capture them all. I really liked this photography unit, and I learned a lot from it. I think the lighting is very very important to the picture and sets the feeling of the photo and also just the quality. I never really thought about lighting until this unit. I knew it was important but I did't think it was as important as it is and I'm really happy we did this unit so now I know.

Shape

Solid

Pattern

Gradient

       I really liked doing the silhouettes like this. I honestly didn't think I would because I like things to look more realistic but I really did like it. I thought the layers were really cool and different. I thought photoshop had a lot to ofter in the backgrounds too and the way you could make it your own and customize it to what you want. My least favorite one was the pattern. I really did not like that one but the rest I loved. I thought they were all cool and it was easy to do too once I first figured out how to do it. I think the pictures came out really well and I'm actually really proud of them.

Final Lighting Contact Sheet

Lighting:

                      Natural:

Sun (hard)

Shade (soft)

                     Existing Light:

Front

45 Degree

Side

Back

                     Artificial Light (Single Source):

Butterfly

 Loop

Rembrant

Split

Silhouette

          

Direct Light

 

Shade

           Artificial Light (Multiple Sources):

  

Hard

Soft

  

Reflector

         In the beginning of this project I honestly didn't know what all to do with light. I knew a little but I didn't really know what what all you could do and how it could change your picture so much. I really liked this unit because you get to try a bunch of different things. I really liked my natural light pictures and I like to take pictures outside anyways so it worked out well. Over all I'm pretty happy with how well this all turned out.