Writing with Light Group Experiment

Lauren, Emma and Gina

writing with light

I really liked doing this type of assignment. I thought it could really show your creative side to using light. I never knew how to do this type of photo until now, and I never would've thought that this is how you would achieve "writing with light". Our groups photo's at first turned out really bad, but then we got the hang of working the camera to achieve the design we wanted. Some suggestions that I have for next time is to start the design that you are doing when the seconds start to count up and the black screen shows. Also, when you are doing your design, move slowly and it will really capture the colors of the light you are using.

lighting final

natural light (shade)

natural light (shade)

natural light (shade)

existing light

All of these five photos focus on my mom. To me, my mom has been there for me the most when I was growing up. My dad works a lot, so she usually is the parent that stays home, cooks, and watches over the house when no one is home. These photos are supposed to show what my mom likes to do and what is part of her daily life. The first photo I wanted to focus more on just her face. When I asked my mom if I could take photo's of her she was a little shy about it, that's why I wanted to capture her shyness in this photo. ALthough, you may see that she is still smiling. When I think of my mom at all I always think of her smiling all the time. Even my friends say, oh your mom is always smiling and laughing! She's so bubbly and fun! That's why she is smiling but looking away from the camera, because she is just a little camera shy. For the next two photos and the previous one that I took I chose to take them outside in the front of my house. Usually when I get home from school or wake up in the morning, my mom is always outside either feeding the birds or just walking around. She has always had a love for nature and the environment. I really wanted to capture the lighting with it being dark to look as if she's doing this in the morning (feeding the birds) and walking around outside.

contact sheet final lighting

silhouette

SOLID COLOR-

GRADIENT-

PATTERN-

CUSTOM SHAPES-

Personally I love this "non traditional way" of taking silhouettes. I love the vibrant colors that you can use that really show your creative side. Being able to edit the background of the photograph and make it really colorful and artistic shows I think another side to what you can accomplish with a silhouette shot. I do enjoy what photoshop has to offer with the layers. Although, I did wish that they offered more gradient backgrounds. I really enjoy the outcome of my shots. I think that the lighting turned out really well, especially when I turned up the contrast in the photo. Also, the colors that were used in the photo really worked well with the position and stance of the model all together.

Lighting

natural-

sun(hard)

shade(soft)

Existing-

front

back

side

45 degree

Artificial-

*single

butterfly

loop

rembrandt

split

silhouette

hard

soft

*multiple

hard

soft

reflector

What I have learned from the lighting unit is that how much light you have in the photo can affect the quality of the photograph. When you are holding the light closer to the model it causes their face to be over exposed and very white, but when the light is further away it makes the subject darker. Also, the way you position the light can change the overall affect of the photo with the subjects emotion and can affect the mood of the photograph. If I were to complete this project again, I would work on how I placed the lights, and the overall emotion of the subject in the photo.