4 pts. Please put your answers in a text file, convert to PDF, and email it to me: rmichals@citytech.cuny.edu

Due: May 18th, 12 pm.

Each question is worth 1 pt.

  1. Describe the difference between direct and diffused light. What is the type of weather that corresponds to each one? Take (your own photo) an example of each one and include it in your answer.
  2. In both food and portrait photography, it is common to use a main light and a fill light. Describe the role of each of these lights. Take and include in your answer a photo that clearly has a main light and a fill light. The subject can be anything from an onion to a person as long as the two lights are clear.
  3. Compare and contrast these two photographs of eggs. Be specific about how each photo uses the following conventions of food photography:
  • angle of view
  • lighting
  • depth of field

4. Compare and contrast these two author portraits. Make a minimum of four points of comparison about the lighting and composition of the photos using professional vocabulary.