Final Assignment - After Man Ray, Minotaur

Assignment 13 - Man Ray, Minotaur

Part of shadow on subject's abdomen is likely due to sucking in. Also, there must be something preventing light from hitting the subjects face. Burning?

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Assignment 5

Rembrandt Lighting

To achieve this effect we used the spot light as our key light which was placed on the tripod and directed up towards Chris's face. Both the 75 and 150 watt bulbs were used as fills, the 75 W placed to the left of the tripod, approx. 5 feet away from Chris at approx. 45 degrees while the 150 W bulb was placed approx. 12 feet from Chris at a 45 degree angle to him on the right side of the tripod.

Assignment 3 - Portraits

f8 @ 1/2 sec

To light this photograph I made a 4 x 1/4 inch vertical incision in a cardboard box which was then held over the light source. The ambient light coming out from the bottom of the box was removed by covering the bottom with black foam boards. While taking the photograph we realized that the light created by the incision was too long and therefore had be reduced by covering the bottom half with an opaque board in order to isolate the light on the top half of Corinne's face and shoulder.

Laws of Light used: 1) Light travels in a straight line, 2) Inverse Square Law

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A cardboard box was also used to light this photograph but instead of an incision the entire face of the box was removed. We draped Velum over the face to diffuse the light coming out the front of the box directed towards Corinne's face. The top and sides were protected by the remaining cardboard but we allowed the light to come out the bottom which acted as a fill from underneath. On the opposite side of the light source we used a mirror and white reflector to fill the right side of the photograph.

Laws of Light used: 1) Light travels in a straight line, 2) Angle of incidence equals angle of reflection 3) Inverse Square Law

Assignment 2

Laws of Light

2 feet f8 @ 1/13 second

4 feet f8 @ 1/5 second

8 feet f8 @ 1/1.6 second

16 feet f8 @ 1 1/3 seconds

Laws of Light

Part 2

From Left to Right - White, Gray, Black

Distance from Light
White 37 inches
Gray 29 inches
Black 23 inches