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Portrait Basics

    The key light brings out the light and darkness of the portrait. Also it brings out the triangle that’s in the models face. Fill light makes the persons face lighter. The background light makes the person to not … Continue reading

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Portrait – Sillyness

I really enjoyed taking this picture. We tried something a little different in order to get an expression out of the model. We shouted out words and the model was asked to express the word, mine was “silly”. i really … Continue reading

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Portrait

I like this picture because the lighting on the face has full light but it is not overly bright. It is also a great picture because you can see the person’s bright eyes and it appeals to the picture since … Continue reading

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Henry Huang LL4

Key light is to create a shadow on the face that makes a triangle. Fill light is to reflect the main light to the face to lighten the shadows. Background light is to create a distance between the model and … Continue reading

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Portrait Basics

The key light added a really powerful light on the left side of the subject’s face. The background light adds a brighter tone to the background and allow the subject’s back to glow, allowing the the subject to get background … Continue reading

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Week 4 – Portraits

A traditional 3 light portrait is done by using key light, fill light and background light. Key light is used to bring out the main darks and lights in the portrait. It was used to make the triangle in the … Continue reading

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LL4-Portrait Basics

Write a description of how to set up 3-point portrait lighting. Name and describe the function of each light. Then add the best portrait that you took today and explain what makes it a good photograph. Is it the expression, … Continue reading

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