CONCENTRATING THE LIGHT

Exercise

Set up a simple still life demonstrating the effects of

concentrated lighting techniques.

Using a simple tungsten lamp I experimented

with placing a still life within its light.

The light fell in such a way that there was a light

hot spot on the table. I used that light as

the concentrated area of light and the

main a focal point in the foreground

I also used this hot spot as a source of shadow

and then placed a 3 dimensional object to create

some depth in the image. I used a silver

reflector to bounce back some light onto the

main subject in the foreground

Adding a dark backdrop focused the light

more and reduced the available light.

I prefer this image as it focuses the eye of the

contrast of the light and dark areas

all images f4.5 1/30 sec

The above image I used a torch to focus the light

just onto the face of this mask.

Expose was set at the lights area.

I also experimenting with painting in light

with the torch, which was effective

f4.5 2 sec

the above shows concentrated light to highlight

a single object. This lighting set up was

created by using a cover over the light

just producing enough light to focus

the light solely on the object. I took

several exposure settings to ensure that

I captured the detail of the object.

Comments

re look at the subject and experiment with some more

still life set ups. Use for ASSIGNMENT 5 to set up

some still life's narratives to support the main subject.