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Photo Theme Week 5: Silhouette

on April 05, 2018

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Different Lighting

In class we experimented with different types of light to use with photography. We did three different types of lighting in this project: natural lighting, rembrandt lighting, and light painting. Rembrandt Lighting Rembrandt lighting is used to make a dramatic effect with your subjects. You put a person in front of a black or white backdrop, put a key light source 45 degrees (between the camera and the backdrop), above the subject. A successful Rembrandt photo creates a triangle underneath their eye. Natural Lighting Natural Lighting is very easy, you use a window to light your subject instead of an alternate light source. You can use a reflector to bounce the light back at the subjects face. Light Painting Light painting is really interesting, because it's a lot like actual painting. To do this, you go into a dark room, have a camera on a tripod, with a couple of flash lights or Christmas lights. You have to set the camera to have a lo...

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