Arnold Newman

Arnold Newman was an American photographer born in New York 1918 and died in 2006. He created environmental Portraits. in 1946, Newman relocated to New York, opened Arnold Newman Studios and worked as a freelance photographer. He maintained that even if the subject is not known, or is already forgotten, the photograph itself must still excite and interest the viewer. Most of his work is black and white but he does have some images in colour.

Throughout his career, Arnold Newman photographed a variety of different famous people, for example: Pablo Picasso, Frank Lloyd Wright, Golda Meir, Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe, Salvador Dalí and Bill Clinton. He found his vision in the empathy he felt for artists and their work.

This photograph of Pablo Picasso is very messy but its like everything is perfectly placed to show Picassos day to day environment. The artwork around Picasso is probably his own work. It is telling a story about his life in paintings inside a photo. Arnold Newman’s work is very emotional.

We use studio lighting because it lets us to create a variety of photo lighting techniques, without the need for editing. Studio lighting also presents a professional look in photos, differing from the quality without studio lighting. Studio lighting can make a photograph like setting the mood, creating shadows and texture and more. Using studio lighting is much easier than using natural light or any other light.

1 point lighting:

1 point lighting is a lighting set up which uses one light source to light up the subject. The light is often positioned directly in front or behind the camera although, it is often positioned at a 45 degree angle to the subject. The light used for this set up is known as the key light.

2 Point Lighting:

2 point lighting consists of 2 different types of light, the key light and the fill light. The key light is placed to one side of the camera and illuminates the subject, creating shadows and the fill light is positioned directly opposite the key light to ‘fill in’ the shadows. This produces a more harmonised and authentic appearance.

3 Point Lighting:

3 point lighting uses of 3 lights which are placed in order to create a well balanced photograph while illuminating the subject. 3 point lighting includes a key light and fill light and it also has a backlight. The backlight is placed behind the subject to illuminate the sides of the subject and make it stand out from the background, rather than blending in.

For this photo I changed the colour to black and white to make the photo look moody as he isn’t smiling in the photo. I added texture to display the image better.

For this photo I added vibrancy into the photo to make all the colours pop more because she was smiling and is a happy lady so it matched the vibe.

For this photo I didn’t feel the need to edit much as he is in a normal environment and he is smiling so all I did was make the photo clearer and a bit brighter.

For this photo I made it black and white because I think it looks really good like that. The black and white photo makes the photo have an older vibe which makes the photo look very good as it fit well with the teacher.

For this photo I turned down the exposure and highlights because the original photo was very bright and it didn’t look good. I turned up the temperature for a warmer vibe to the photo as he is happy and smiling so it makes the photo look really warm.

These pictures are my flagged pictures because they were my favourite photos and they definitely looked the best out of all my pictures they were also the clearest and the best ones taken.

Butterfly lighting is a technique where the light source is placed directly above and slightly in front of the subject’s face, creating a small butterfly-shaped shadow under the nose. This happens because the lighting in the shot comes from above the models head. The technique is achieved by placing a light source at a 45-degree angle to the subject, slightly above eye level.

Butterfly lighting is primarily used in a studio setting. Butterfly lighting is mostly used for portraits, as it is flattering on everybody. It can either be a very harsh light or soft depending on the type of photo you want to achieve.

Here are some examples:

My photoshoot:

For my photos the Chiaroscuro photos are coloured yellow, the Rembrandt photos are red and the butterfly photos are coloured green

For this photo I didn’t edit it that much because the original photo perfectly displaced the butterfly lighting technique already so all I did was change the colour of the photo to a bit darker to match the dark backdrop.

For this photo I changed it to black and white to display the butterfly shadow under her nose and really show it off. Black and white was the better option for this photo as the model has dark hair and had a grey jumper on so by changing it to black and white demonstrates the darker features more effectively in this photo.

For this photo I edited the highlights and saturation of the photo as it looks like a happy photo as she is smiling so I turned up the whites, clarity and the saturation of the photo because I wanted to make the photo look more colourful to make it look vibrant and happy.

Chiaroscuro is a high-contrast lighting technique that uses a low-key lighting setup to achieve contrast between the subject and a dark background

Chiaroscuro is Italian for light/dark and makes the use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition. In these photos the shadows are very harsh while the light is bright. There is a very obvious contrast of lighting in these photos.

here are some examples:

My photoshoot:

For my photos the Chiaroscuro photos are coloured yellow, the Rembrandt photos are red and the butterfly photos are coloured green

For this photo I edited it to black and white because I think it looks better than to when it was in colour. i changed the shadows and the blacks the most to make the darker side of my face look harsher but also cleaner so it is a prominent split between the middle of my face.

For this photo I took inspiration from the example photos by making one side of her face very dark and not prominent compared to the light side of her face to make it look light and vibrant I changed the texture and clarity to get rid of the highlights on the darker side of the photo.

Rembrandt lighting is a standard lighting technique that is used in studio portrait photography. and cinematography; it is also used in contrast with butterfly lighting  It can be achieved using one light and a reflector or two lights, and is popular because it is capable of producing images which appear both natural and compelling with a minimum of equipment. Rembrandt lighting is characterized by an illuminated triangle under the eye of the subject on the less illuminated side of the face. It is named after the Dutch painter Rembrandt, who occasionally used this type of lighting.

Here are some examples of Rembrandt lighting:

My photoshoots:

For my photos the Chiaroscuro photos are coloured yellow, the Rembrandt photos are red and the butterfly photos are coloured green

I chose these photos because they are the best pictures I got of the Rembrandt photos, you can really see the triangle under the eye and the definition of it in these photos. I edited one photo with colour and another black and white to try it with two different styles. I prefer the black and white as it represents the lighting style better in my opinion. I also experimented with a white background but it didn’t have the same effect as the black background as it didn’t reflect the triangle onto the face as well as the black background.

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For this photoshoot, we went around the school to experiment in taking our environmental portraits because the background effect of education and learning significantly added the effect to make it a successful environmental portrait. We tried to get each adult or teacher to make eye contact with the camera to make it fit the theme of an environmental portrait.

An environmental portrait is a photograph that captures the person surrounded by their usual environment that relates to them, for instance their workplace or home. The purpose of an environmental portrait is to show a persons life or story in the photos and the background or objects used to show their life in them. They are formal photos where the person in them is making eye-contact with the camera.