Continuous lighting is lighting that’s always on. Its used mostly in cinematography and videography, photographers also use it to determine how the shot will come out.
Flash Lighting
Flash lighting is where the lights flash (1/200 to 1/1000 of a second) when the photographer takes a photo. You can use a flash to get rid of shadows from your photo. You can also use flash and a slow shutter speed when photographing a moving subject.
Key Light is the primary source of light in a scene. The Key light is most often placed in front of your subject, at an angle, and thus illuminates one section of your subject.
Key light would be the lightest part of the image
Reflected light is light that reflects off the subject. Regardless of the light source, light is altered by whatever it reflects off.
Backlight photography emphasizes the depth behind the subject and gives images a greater sense of place. Backlighting can produce a dramatic contrast between the subject and the background.
the light in this photo is coming from behind the subject giving the illusion of the subject being a silhouette.
As well as with digital photo montages, the ones done in Photoshop, I have also had a go at experimenting with different forms of montages done by sticking some images together , cutting some up, gluing, and taping different parts of images together and combining things manually , in real life.
With the above image , after printing 2 different images I have measured and drawn horizontal lines with a pencil and a ruler on one of the images. These lines were uneven as I made one bigger then the other and then when they would reach a certain point I would make them go smaller, this pattern repeated until I’ve reached the end of the image. Aliening the strips again i have glued each other strip onto another image, leaving gaps in where every 2nd strip would be.
With an image that was already montaged with another one in Photoshop,by slitting one in half and having a split between 2 different photographs. I have cut out the above image using a utility knife, the darkest, inside areas that the canvas rolls created. Then I layered them over the other half of the image and cut around them, then when I had 2 identical shapes I have switched them around so that it looked like the paint on the right was in thee canvas rolls.
With the last image I have got 2 separate ones and not touching one , as the bottom photograph was sort of as a background. Using different tapes and glue I simply ripped parts of an image and stuck it onto the other. Since both images were matching tones and quite messy, I decided to make the final image chaotic, therefore that’s why I went for an unprepared form of montage like ripping the image and using tape.
I mounted my first edit on a piece of foam board, cutting it out to perfectly fit the photo. After I decided to mount it again, elevating it on another piece of foam board that also created a white trim around it. I attached the photo onto the foam board by using spray on glue and the foam board onto another foam board by using double sided tape.
For this edit, I decided to mount it on a single piece of foam board, cutting it out perfectly around the photo to keep the mount looking simple. I used spray on glue to attach my edit to the foam board.
For this edit, I measured both the card and photo, so that I could perfectly cut out a space for the edit to fit into. I then used tape to attach the photo to the frame. When cutting, i always made sure to be on the left so that a thin, white trim appeared around the photo.
For this edit, I decided to keep it simple once again and mount it on a single piece of foam board, cutting it out perfectly around the photo. I used spray on glue to attach my edit to the foam board.
Lastly, a attached my photo onto a foam board, cutting it out perfectly. I used spray on glue to put my photo on the foam board. I then created a black trim by using double sided tape to attach it to a piece of black card and then cut it to create an equal border.
There are various lighting techniques in photography that can enhance or stand out from your images. These techniques can be used in a variety of other ways in addition to highlighting specific areas of your photo to give the final product more impact.
Flat Light
When you place your light source in front of your subject, you create flat light, which evenly lights your subject and eliminates any shadows. This isn’t a technique that is highly sought after because it’s crucial to show shadows in order to give your subject life, but it works well for hiding textures and other image flaws.
Broad light
With broad light, the face of your subject is at an angle with the most well-lit side of the face is closest to the camera and the shadow on the back side of the face. This type of light can make a face look fuller so it’s ideal for those with very narrow faces.
Short light
The face is at an angle and the shadow falls on the side of the face closest to the camera in short light, which is the opposite of broad light. A thinner face responds well to this kind of light.
Split light
Another type of side lighting is split lighting, which can be identified in an image by half of the subject being lit and the other half being in the shadows. You can see the shadow line running directly down the middle of a face’s forehead, nose, and chin.
Backlight
Backlight is the light coming from behind your subject. Photos taken during the golden hour, when the sun is low in the horizon and just beginning to set, frequently display this. This can be accomplished by purposefully using a background light or by utilizing natural lighting.
For my final outcome I decided to mount this A3 image. I chose this image because it was simplistic yet due to the editing it had a unique difference. I found this final piece challenging as I had never done anything like this before and had never experienced using the tools I needed to. For this final outcome I created a window mount to make a high quality smart image so I could avoid creating an unprofessional outcome.
EVALUATION:
Reflecting on this fragment of my project of ‘HOME’ I believe that it was a challenging and informative experience. I discovered how to use a online blog and how to create creative and smart blog posts to the best of my ability, this was one of the first challenges and differences I had to overcome because I had never used a internet blog before. I have taken a numerous amount of photoshoots which lead to me having a variety of images so I could create more unique edits, however I am aware that I have not worked on photoshop nor used it to the best of my abilities. Therefore I hope in my future projects I show my progress and abilities on photoshop and make time to create more edits, as I believe that it was my blog is lacking. I also believe I should take more images and inspect my images so I have a clear view of the images so I know later in editing I know what images I have and have an easier work. However taking this all into consideration I will use this to improve on in my next project, and I hope in future projects I can act thorough throughout this project.
Since my first still life photo shoot, I haven’t photographed single objects but instead composition of them. Which this photo shoot i was able to focus one object at the time as well as some together.
With this photo shoot, i have used 2 different set up cameras, one was on a regular tripod, and another was set up at an above angle so that the objects could be placed underneath it, this also meant the light was pointed at the objects from the side to not create shadows from the camera.
Best images from the photo shoot:
In my opinion the above images are not perfect as they still need to go through the editing process and final touches, however for the images I have for now, I would like to focus on editing these.
While taking the photographs, the pictures on the camera kept on coming out lighter then how i could see it in real life, therefore i experimented with the cameras setting and firstly changed the shutter speed of the camera which was 0.4 sec
This was how the photo firstly turned out, which was not as dark as i wanted the image.
I have then changed the shutter speed once again, this time to 2.5 sec and the image was as light as i wanted it, however i then realised that it may look even better is there is more light as then more detail would be visible
I still wanted to keep a similar light that the camera was capturing however with a more detailed image, this is why i have change this time the ISO to 800 and as well as aperture to f6.3 and shutter speed to 1/60sec.
i kept on increasing the shutter speed and aperture to f16 and shutter speed to 1/125sec while making the ISO, 100.
This meant the image was brighter and the camera took a shorter amount of time to take the actual picture.
Single Objects Edits
As I established before which images i liked the most, i have then edited them in Lightroom, changing exposure, shadows, sharpens&texture etc. as well as adding filters and playing with the settings of them.
Single Objects Best Images
Once Edited I had a few Best images that I thought were interesting as of capturing a single objects beauty. This meant they were sharp, defined and balanced when it came to their tones, highlights and shadows.
For my first virtual gallery I used five of my images that I have used for my final prints
I dragged them onto an empty gallery image that I found on the internet and presses CTRL + T to select the image, I then adjusted it by right clicking and using ‘skew’ and ‘free transform’ to place the image on top of the empty canvas.
I repeated this process with four other image placing them over the empty canvases until the gallery was full.
I added a shadow under some of my images to make it look more realistic and as id they were actually in a gallery by using the burn tool to darken the underneath of my images.
Overall I am happy with my edit and think is it very effective with the shadows making it look more realistic. however I think my images are a bit small therefore next time I would make my images slightly larger to make the more visible and engaging.
Artsteps gallery:
I also creative a second virtual gallery on on the website www.artsteps.com.
Firstly I picked the gallery space that I wanted to used and began adding my images onto the walls with other images that contrast well together.
Overall I prefer my second gallery as it allows you to feel like you are actually in the building with your work up. I think it allows my pieces to stand out and lets the viewer focus on the detail within them.
