For one of our studio tasks we were asked to try out Chiaroscuro, a lighting technique where you light one half of someones face leaving the other one shadowed. It’s an interesting way of creating something unique but not overdoing it, and its an effective way of adding some mystery and contrast to an image.

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I chose these images because they show how dramatic the chirosuro effect can be. By darkening one half of the face to a point where you can’t even see their features and their face blends into the black background adds a bit of mystery to the image, you feel less connected to the person, however the highlighted part of their face stands out and is all which you can focus on.