Photography 4: portrait and light 2024

• Culturele en kunstzinnige vorming
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Photography #4

Portrait and light

Merle Oberon by Cecil Beaton

Light

Photography is all about light. Without light, no matter how dim, you wouldn’t be able to make a photograph. 

Marlene Dietrich, Cecil Beaton, 1930

 

• Choose different light sources and experiment with the way they affect the atmosphere of your photo.
  
  
• Use artificial light and natural light. 
• Make use of diffused light, front light, backlight, side light, skimming light and silhouettes

Make portraits of a classmate in a special way. Choose different light sources and experiment with the way they affect the atmosphere of your photo.

Link to  website:https://www.shutterbug.com/content/10-easy-lighting-set-ups-create-10-different-looks-portrait-photography-video

Natural vs artificial light

Side lighting

Front lighting

Back lighting

Depht of field

Stromae by Stephan Vanfleteren

Stephan Vanfleteren

Anton Corbijn

Light painting 

long exposure

Pablo Picasso, 1949

Light painting - long exposure

and...  action!

• Choose different light sources and experiment with the way they affect the atmosphere of your photo.
  
  
• Use artificial light and natural light. 
• Make use of diffused light, front light, backlight, side light, skimming light and silhouettes

Make portraits of a classmate in a special way. Choose different light sources and experiment with the way they affect the atmosphere of your photo.

1. Hand in a screenshot of the photos you made in
via Classroom

and 2. (next slide)...

2. Hand in 1 file (pdf, word or google doc) with a nice layout  of  your 4  best photos with different  light sources in 
via Classroom.