The Past and Present

My goal with this work is to draw attention to how far we've come over the years by acknowledging both the past and the present in the same composition

 

 

Assignment 4: Abstraction

Portrait Collage

I really like the way make my images turn out and I thought the would look great in a collage, so I decided to make one. I think it's pretty cute.. and funny!



Assignment 3: Portraits

Camryn, 1

 Chris, 3

 

 Makyah, 5

 

 Alexis, 7

 

"Nanny"

 

This was by far my favorite assignment. I had entirely too much fun working on it, can't you tell?

I decided to use the Jill Greenberg-esque approach to 3 point lighting and I think it turned out pretty well.

My theme was "driving Grandma crazy". My subjects were my mom, and my sister's four children.

 

 

3 Point Lighting Editing

These photos were kinda easy and kinda tricky to edit because I really like strong contrast, but the shadows in the face would get a little too overwhelming.

 

I also made sure to turn the red up so that way I could add a little "blood flow" in myself, Elizabeth, and Asa, otherwise we would have been really flushed out.

 

 

 

Asa's photo was the best to edit because he was positioned really well with the lights.

All in all, this photo in general turned out the best as far as light positioning goes.

Mine was a little bit more tricky because below my check bones there wasn't much shadow.

Elizabeth's was pretty easy, except I wish there would have been a stronger backlight like is Asa's photo.

Examples of 3 Point Lighting

These portraits I found below are what I consider to be good examples of 3 point lighting. They all have a strong key light, the area that is lit up the most creating a focus of that specific spot. They also all have a fill light, the light that creates a contrast on the area not being lit up by the key light; the fill light can be brightened or dimmed to create interesting dynamics is a portrait. And they all also have a back light, which is used to distinguish the image from it's background, which also creates an interesting contrast, and sets the subject into even more focus.

 

 

 

What is 3 Point Lighting?

Three-point lighting is a standard method used in visual media such as video, film, still photography and computer-generated imagery. By using three separate positions, the photographer can illuminate the shot's subject (such as a person) however desired, while also controlling (or eliminating entirely) the shading and shadows produced by direct lighting.