Assignment 4 : 3 Light Hollywood Portrait

Using classic Rembrandt light (45 to side 45 up) create a portrait with key , fill 2 stops under exposed and backlight. Check the class blog under Lesson 4 to see how it should be laid out.

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FILL / 2STOPS UNDEREXPOSED

BACKLIGHT

3 LIGHTS

Using three lights invent your own formula.
Post one separate finished photograph for this one

Photograph Chosen : Portrait of Ginger Rogers

Assignment 3 / One Light

Using the 250 watt halogen bulb in the equipment closet, make a portrait by selecting a quality and direction of light to communicate an emotion that you feel about a person. Make an additional portrait that reflects the opposite feeling you have about the person. Explain in writing the laws of light that were at work in each portrait.

This photograph expresses my true feeling for Ala, and I chose to portray her as poised and pensive. My idea was to play with the shadows, and create as many Alas as I could. The source of light is facing her body, and my camera viewpoint is frontal.

This portrait expresses the opposite of my feelings for Ala. I was inspired by the Expressionist vibe of films like The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari, and wanted to create a menacing shadow engulfing the model. My viewpoint was very low (lying on the floor), and so was the source of light. You can see where it hits the wall, around her legs.

Assignment 2 / Demonstrate the 3 Laws of Light in One Photograph

In one photograph using one light source clearly demonstrate the 3 laws of light at work. Include the light source in the photograph. The subject is the light. Think of it as more of a physics project than a photograph. Use a dodging tool  to prevent the light from flaring the lens.  Try to crop out any rigging you might use and make the image about the light.

Assignment 1 Inverse Square Law / Part 2 / Second Attempt

2. Use 3 4x5 cards a black card in front, a grey card in the middle and a white card in the back. Using the same single point source make all 3 cards appear to be the same value. You can move the cards and the light source until it works.

Assignment 1 Inverse Square Law / Second Attempt

1. Using 3 identical 4x5 grey cards set 1 foot apart, overlapping slightly and placed at a 45 degree angle from the camera angle. Make 4 photographs of the cards with the light 2 feet, 4 feet, 8 feet, 16 feet and 32 feet from the middle card. Use an incident meter on the middle card to give the correct exposure. The middle card should have the same value on each photograph. 

Black / Gray / White Rectangles :

At 2 Feet

At 4 Feet

At 8 Feet

At 16 Feet

At 32 Feet

3 Gray Rectangles :

At 2 Feet

At 4 Feet

At 8 Feet

At 16 Feet

At 32 Feet

Fall Lighting Class : Inverse Square Law Assignment

1) Using 3 identical 4x5 grey cards set 1 foot apart, overlapping slightly and placed at a 45 degree angle from the camera angle. Make 4 photographs of the cards with the light 2 feet, 4 feet, 8 feet, 16 feet and 32 feet from the middle card. Use an incident meter on the middle card to give the correct exposure. The middle card should have the same value on each photograph.  Use Lightroom to weak the middle card until they all read the same value.

2) Use 3 4x5 cards a black card in front, a grey card in the middle and a white card in the back. Using the same single point source make all 3 cards appear to be the same value. You can move the cards and the light source until it works.