lighting model photography techniques just like an eggs shadows

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When you have an egg in the kitchen, grab it and place it near a window. Observe the light and shadow falling on the egg. Then shoot with the light from the front of the egg (front light)) on the side (side light) and from the rear (back light).

In front light (the light on the back of the camera), the eggs look perfect because there are no shadows that distort the subject. Color eggs also come out as it is. The disadvantage, the front light is less accentuate texture and tasted flat. The impression arises (emboss) was minimal.

In the second egg, light and shadow to share the field. The side facing the light visible light and are turned darker. Gradations between dark and light exposure has a fascinating, moving from white to the gray and ending at the balance point of interest.

The shadow effect to highlight the character, texture, relief and embossing techniques are more powerful than the front light. The disadvantage, side light distorts colors in general: whether the eggs are brown, white or dark.

What about the third egg with light from the back (of the camera)? Egg surface looks flat, less emboss and color darker than the original. However tinge of light falling on the 'back' eggs highlight the shape (shape) eggs with neat details.

The fourth egg with a side light reflected by the reflector (reflector) so that the image appears on the second egg a little lost. As if the egg has two light sources, ie from left and right and helped the egg to appear more dimension and far from being monotonous.

By understanding an egg, what if practiced photographing model? In the example of the first photo (front light) color powder, makeup, lipstick, eye shadow, earring and contact lens was exposed to the slick. But the model's face was flat (minimal texture) when compared with the second photo in the form of little dancers.

On the photo side little dancers with light, texture looks perfectly formed 'relief' to the 3-dimensional impression stronger. In the third photo, the texture is not solid but the form of the model's hair feels stronger. And in the fourth photograph, portrait photos can be lost character and ended in vain if there is no light reflector from the right side,



Collage 3 models with different light directions. (Photo: Ari Saputra)

What if the egg shadow practiced to photograph more serious? The results are shown in the example photo 3 models are dikolase together. Each picture has a different lighting of 3-way light is not the same. All three can not be sorted out which one is better but has its own plus-minus.

Similarly, in Example 3 dikolase public figures with 3 different light directions. Photo far left: the Minister of Education Anies Baswedan (bakc light), which is in the middle of the Blue Bird Group Chairman Noni Purnomo (front light) and the far left is a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Arrmanatha Nasir (side light). Visible light source direction and also determine the characters and characterizations someone, is not it ?.


Differences in the direction of light affect the character and personality of a person. (Photo: Ari Saputra)

By maximizing the difference in the direction of light by supposing someone as 'egg' is one way to understand the technique of lighting cleverly. Namely how to catch the character and personality of the subject accurately, but still according to the needs and tastes of the photographer.

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