Chiaroscuro lighting is also used a lot in the model industry like butterfly lighting as well as movies, specifically horror movies, as it creates a darkened background and highlights the subject, in the example below you can see the the models face is highlighted which emphasises the focus point, and the background it black. The effects adds a dramatic theme and draws the viewer in with the suspense it holds. To create the set up photographers use a study light and a reflector if they wish which is placed the opposite side to the light. They will also use a high shutter speed to remove any excess light.

I chose to take images of Ryan Hervé, a professional board maker and owner of Hervé Surfboards, in his workshop. There were multiple rooms available for me to photograph in and I found that there was luckily really interesting lighting used in every room, especially in the shaping room. I was very interested in photographing in the shaping room as the lighting was designed with the function of providing the best possible view of the boards’ angles, and this created some really atmospheric images in my opinion.

There was also a lot of dust in this room, created through the process of filing and shaping the fiberglass, and I feel that this almost created a sort of muted feel to the images.

Additionally, the photos from the painting room also used the lighting in an interesting way and I am happy with these.