It was kind of tricky doing this assignment, to emulate high key and low key lighting because of the dark tones and to capture the actual image. I had difficulty figuring out where my camera settings had to be at so these pictures. This is one of the difficult assignments for me because of the lighting settings with aperture.
For this Lesson I had a great time learning how to execute this different types of shots using the different angles of lighting. It was fun using the colors to create different vibes.
I honestly do not have much to say about class today aside from the fact that it was really interesting what different light setup’s can do. I found it really interesting the type of shadows that are created by those light positions.
Spit
Loop
Rembrandt
Broad
Short
Here are my pictures for portraits.
In class this week we worked with various photography lighting styles. The six we focused on were: broad (top left), split (top right), short (second on the right), broad Rembrandt (third on the right), Rembrandt (bottom left), and oop (bottom right). I was able to understand most of the lighting concepts but struggled to get the physical light in position (I suppose that’s the most difficult part, ha). I found it easiest to obtain Rembrandt as well as loop. I found the short lighting to be the most challenging. Overall, it was fun to experiment and see how long people in the class would sit still with a hot, glaring light on them. 🙂
This assignment focused on trying to emulate high key and low key lighting. I had a lot of trouble figuring out where my camera settings had to be at so these pictures were taken with random settings. I enjoyed taking photos of the third set up the most because I loved how dramatic the picture was coming out. I took all of these pictures freehand without use of the tripod.
During this class we practice motion photography, with the help of shutter speed we achieved different results: we freeze the motion with fast shutter speed and and blur the motion with slow shutter speed.
I got to learn about photoville last year while doing an internship with the NYC Department of Records. I wanted to visit but I couldn’t manage the time. This year I was able to visit because of this class. I am glad that I did. It was so interesting to walk around to see photographers from around the world. I took a bunch of photos and there are some of my favorites.
Last class, we learned what is high key and low key is. Later we learned how to take high key and low key photography using burn lights on a white and black background using still life props. This was my first time shooting high and low key. We had trouble with low key photography trying to figure out where to place the lights. But I enjoyed learning both high and low key. Here are some of my best shots.
Doing motion photography was fun and a good exercise to help with other types of methods. I used high ISO and a low f stop for most of the frozen in motion photos. I used a slower shutter speed for the “ghost” shots.
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