This image was taken by Doug Crouch. He had been working on commercial photography for over 20 years working with clients such as Fender, Petsmart, Motorola, American West Airlines, and other magazines. This image was one posted on a magazine, and shows us a clear use of hard light. This is because the person is relatively light due to the light source which probably focused on him, whereas the background is very dark, and the left side of his is very dark too. This causes a worse effect because the details are stronger in the parts where the light is strong, but where the light is less strong, the details are very unclear. Therefore, I don't like this picture as much.
donderdag 11 september 2008
Image Bank 3
This image was taken by Doug Crouch. He had been working on commercial photography for over 20 years working with clients such as Fender, Petsmart, Motorola, American West Airlines, and other magazines. This image was one posted on a magazine, and shows us a clear use of hard light. This is because the person is relatively light due to the light source which probably focused on him, whereas the background is very dark, and the left side of his is very dark too. This causes a worse effect because the details are stronger in the parts where the light is strong, but where the light is less strong, the details are very unclear. Therefore, I don't like this picture as much.
Image Bank 2
This image was taken by Richard Blinkoff. It shows a use of soft lighting, because the entire face has more or less the same shades, however, it is clear that the light source is coming from her front, because she has a little bit of a shadow on the left side of her face, and there is a little bit of a shadow behind her. But overall, she has the same shades on her face and body. I like this picture because of the contrast in colors between the wall and her shirt, it's a good combination of colors, as well as the use of light makes her eyes stand out more.
Image Bank 1
This picture is by Bob Greenberg. He had been an employee for many years for Microsoft. And now makes golf softwares. As of right now, he is living in Boca Raton, Florida, where he follows his love for photography. He uses a lot of hard lighting in his pictures, and usually uses fragrances for his pictures. Like on the picture on the left, you see how hard the light is. It comes from only one spot, and leaves a very big shadow. I do like this picture because of the effect the shadow has, it makes an increase in size, which gives it a special effect.
Landscape Soft Lighting
Garden:
This picture is also very nice, however it is a shame that it looks as if the left side of the picture is more in focus than the right side. But when it comes to the contrast in this pictuer, it seems to be very good, the blacks are black and the whites are white. I personally don't only like this picture because of the quality, but also because of the content, because I think my garden is rather beautiful, with the little garden house, and all the trees. I have noticed with this image as well, that when i printed my test strip, it looks as if it is not in focus, when it really is. but the reason for this seems to be because of the lighting in the picture. I found this really interesting because it had never happened before. But when i printed the full print at a higher time making the picture a little darker, the image turned out to be in focus. So this was an interesting new discovery. The test strip was at apreture 2.8, filter 0 and 2 seconds, whereas the final print was at apreture 2.8, filter 0, and 3 seconds.
Landscape Hard Lighting
At school:
This image looks pretty beautiful because of details in the leaves of the trees, and the shadow it gives off. This is a truly beautiful picture in black and white. Also because of the big contrast between the sky and the trees, sadly this contrast isn't as clear on the internet as it is in the real photo. This image shows clearly that it is using hard light. This hard light is however not taken from artificial light, but from the sun. It is so clear that it is hard light because of the darkness in the shadow, and the brightness in the sky. With such a great contrast. The times on this image are also a little different than on the test strip. But this time it is also drastically different from the other pictures previous to this one because it was printed when the chemicals were changed. So, the time on this picture in 3 seconds instead of 10, yet the apreture is still 2.8, and the filter is still 0. But on the test strip, i used 2 seconds instead of 3, but it shows less detail, and the leaves aren't as clear.
Still Life Soft Lighting
Candles:
This image isn't as attractive to me as other pictures because it's not too special. Still it is a picture of soft lighting, because throughout all of the image, it has about the same lighting, and even thought the shadow is very clear, it is only because of the concentration of the light. It is very thick, so even if the light would have been small, the shadow would still have turned out. Something i do really like about this picture however is that the first candle is very much in focus, and as the candles go farther back, the less focused they are, and this gives the image a special effect. The test strip also on this image is a little different, because it is darker than the actual image. This is because the test strip is at apreture 2.8, filter 0, and 13 seconds. Whereas the final print has the same seconds except the final print is at 9 seconds instead. Becoming lighter and seeing the details more clearly.
Still Life Hard Lighting
The Jar:
This image is rather special because of the kind of effect the jar makes. The light is a hard light coming from the right, but because the jar is see through, the shadow it gives has a lighter effect, yet strong enough to show the exact shape of the jar. This picture has really nice contrasts, where it is meant to be black, it very clearly is black, and there are spots on the jar where it is clearly white. This shows us that this picture is not gray at all. The image is a lot better than the test strip because the test strip is too dark, and it doesn't allow us to see details very clearly. And therefore, because the test strip was taken with the settings set at apreture 2.8, filter 0, and time 15 seconds, i reduced the time by 5 seconds, to end up with the final print at apreture 2.8, filter 0, and 10 seconds.
Portrait Hard Lighting
Ines:
This image is also a very nice image when it comes to contrast. It has however more of a hard lighting in comparison to the previous picture. We can see this mostly as she has a more detailed shadow behind her. We can also see that the lighting is coming from the top, because of the dark lighting by her neck, as well as her upper arm, has more lighting than her under arm. This shows that the light is ocoming from the top. On the right we have the same picture but it's test strip. as we can see, the testrip is a little bit darker than the image itself. This is because for the test strip i used an apreture of 2.8, a filter 0 and 10 seconds. Whereas on the final print, instead of exposing the paper to 10 seconds, i exposed it to 9 seconds. And it made a great impact on the lighting of the image.
Portrait Soft Lighting
Ines:This is one of the images I used for softlight. It is a rather simple picture, taken from the side, and her face is of about the same lighting. The light does come from the right, but it doesn't leavea very big shadow on the wall because the light is rather dim. the wall on her left is a lot lighter than the wall and the picture is on her right, but this is because of where the light was positioned, and how i took the picture. If I wouldn't have made this picture so large, and would have concentrated more on only Ines, the picture would have looked more or less like it had the same lighting. On the right, we can see the test strip. This teststrip was taken at the same time as the actual image, and I have this for most of my pictures if not all because the contrast turned out so well, that I didn't need to make great adjustments to the pictures themselves. For both of these images, I used an apreture of 2.8, filter 0 and 10 seconds. I am pretty happy with how this picture turned out, however after the picture dried, it got a couple of white dots, that i am still about to find out why they got there.
Printing Compositions
The printing compositions below all have about the same settings. I think the first week, the chemicals weren't as strong as the second week, because the printing compositions made the first week, needed more time to be able to be printed. Those are the two printing compositions on the left. They are both taken with the same settings; with an apreture 2.8, filter 0, and time 10 seconds. All of the pictures taken turned out pretty well, most of them with good lighting. These pictures were all for the portraits. The other two printing compositions (the two n the right) were proccessed on the second week. And i believe the chemicals had a great impact on the different settings. because the pictures turned out a lot faster, still with a good contrast however. These compositions were taken with 2.8 apreture, and 0 filter as the other compositions, but instead of 10 seconds, they were of 2 seconds. The compositions on the bottom of this blog on the right are of still life, and the compositions on the top of this blog on the right are of landscapes. 
woensdag 10 september 2008
Theory Notes
Three-Point Light:
This kind of lighting is often used for foto shoots, to be able to take the shadow away from the person, or to be able to control the shadow more. This is done by using 3 light sources. The picture below shows what kind of lights are being used.
First you have the Key light which is the fist light. It's the light that shoots straight at the object. It is usually the one that sets the kind of color and shadow is wanted. When the image is taken indoors, it is usually the flash light from the camera, but when the image is taken outdoors, it is usually the sunlight.
Secondly you have the Fill Light which shines also at the object but from the side, giving it a shine. This light is usually put a little lower than the key light. It is positioned about the level of the face of the subject. This light is used to illuminate shaded areas, and averages out the shade by for example the nose.
Finaly, you have the Back Light which is situated behind the object at an angle to not straight behind the object. This light is used to separate the object from the background, to produce less of a shadow behind the object, and to hightlight its contours. The back light creates a thin outline around the object, but doesn't necessarily hit the front surface of the object.
This kind of lighting is often used for foto shoots, to be able to take the shadow away from the person, or to be able to control the shadow more. This is done by using 3 light sources. The picture below shows what kind of lights are being used.
First you have the Key light which is the fist light. It's the light that shoots straight at the object. It is usually the one that sets the kind of color and shadow is wanted. When the image is taken indoors, it is usually the flash light from the camera, but when the image is taken outdoors, it is usually the sunlight. Secondly you have the Fill Light which shines also at the object but from the side, giving it a shine. This light is usually put a little lower than the key light. It is positioned about the level of the face of the subject. This light is used to illuminate shaded areas, and averages out the shade by for example the nose.
Finaly, you have the Back Light which is situated behind the object at an angle to not straight behind the object. This light is used to separate the object from the background, to produce less of a shadow behind the object, and to hightlight its contours. The back light creates a thin outline around the object, but doesn't necessarily hit the front surface of the object.
Theory Notes
Hard Light:
With hard light, the light comes from a small source that creates relatively parallel rays. This gives light a harder appearance. This kind of lighting can be found in the afternoon sunlight, coming from a light bulb, or from a focused spotlight.
Hard light gives a rather ugly look on people, because it shows more details, such as wrinkles that the soft lighting could avoid. But it also has positive sides. Such as it makes leather clearer, as well as jewelry. And if what you are looking for is a sharp shadow behing the subject, it is important to have hard light because even without the subject, it may be clear enough to be able
to know what the subject is with only looking at its shadow. 
The image on the left shows an example of hard light, where you will be able to read the the text very clearly, and you will see the shadow on the bottom right of the stone very clearly. But on the left, you will see the same stone, but taken with soft light, and it will be clear that hard light is needed in order to see some details, like in this case the text.
With hard light, the light comes from a small source that creates relatively parallel rays. This gives light a harder appearance. This kind of lighting can be found in the afternoon sunlight, coming from a light bulb, or from a focused spotlight.
Hard light gives a rather ugly look on people, because it shows more details, such as wrinkles that the soft lighting could avoid. But it also has positive sides. Such as it makes leather clearer, as well as jewelry. And if what you are looking for is a sharp shadow behing the subject, it is important to have hard light because even without the subject, it may be clear enough to be able
to know what the subject is with only looking at its shadow. 
The image on the left shows an example of hard light, where you will be able to read the the text very clearly, and you will see the shadow on the bottom right of the stone very clearly. But on the left, you will see the same stone, but taken with soft light, and it will be clear that hard light is needed in order to see some details, like in this case the text.Theory Notes
Soft light:
Soft light usually makes the light refelect upon the entire product, or person, leaving the objects at about the same tone of lighting. And usually it has a very light shadow, not as obvious of a shadow in comparison to hard light.
To be able to produce soft lighting, or less of a shadow, the light source should be put closer to the product, making the superficial lighting more equal. It is also important to take into consideration that the if the light source is big, it will give a softer lighting than if the light source is small, because the light reflects a bigger part of the product.
We want to use soft lighting to be able to make something look more beautiful than it already is. For example, when taking a picture of someone's face, it will be more useful to use soft light so that the wrinkles seem less visible. It will also make less shadow apear on the subject itself when the picture is being taken from an angle.
Soft light is often created well using an umbrella, this umbrella reduces the strength of the light on the object.
The image below also shows soft light, we can see this becuase we are able to see all the details, and there appears no shadow.
Soft light usually makes the light refelect upon the entire product, or person, leaving the objects at about the same tone of lighting. And usually it has a very light shadow, not as obvious of a shadow in comparison to hard light.
To be able to produce soft lighting, or less of a shadow, the light source should be put closer to the product, making the superficial lighting more equal. It is also important to take into consideration that the if the light source is big, it will give a softer lighting than if the light source is small, because the light reflects a bigger part of the product.
We want to use soft lighting to be able to make something look more beautiful than it already is. For example, when taking a picture of someone's face, it will be more useful to use soft light so that the wrinkles seem less visible. It will also make less shadow apear on the subject itself when the picture is being taken from an angle.
Soft light is often created well using an umbrella, this umbrella reduces the strength of the light on the object.
The image below also shows soft light, we can see this becuase we are able to see all the details, and there appears no shadow.
dinsdag 9 september 2008
Diary Entry
Since we have started the school year at photography, i have switched stations. I used to work at a station, that worked very well, however it didn't focus my negatives when the photo needed to be printed at a larger scale. So this year, since we have a smaller class, i was able to pick another station that worked better. I have noticed very much that since my negatives turn out well, my work in the dark room goes a lot faster as well. And i manage to get a lot of contrast in my pictures without having to put any filter in. I have also noticed a little more this year the big difference between a new developer and an old developer. Pictures turn out a lot darker with new developer. So once I get started on a picture, it's always best to finish it that same class so that the next class i don't need to redo the working on the settings.
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