THREE POINT LIGHTING

 

 

1. The key light  is the main (key) light, it is stationed at one side of the camera to focus on one side and create a shadow on the opposing side. The key light is usually the brightest one out of the three.

2. The fill light sits on the opposite side of the key light, it is used to kill the shadows that are created with the key light. This light is not as strong as the key light, its softer and more dimmed 

3. Lastly the back light, placed behind the object and projects from the back. It is used to create definition and highlights around the object. using the back light helps to make the photograph much more 3d as it boldly outlines the object from the background.

             

 

STEP 1

 

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To begin with I completely erased the original background on this photograph replacing it with a red opaque background. The reason I chose red was because it brought out the colour of the models clothes and skin tone. That colour especially, makes the image more loud.

 

STEP 2

 

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After that I added two circles , of different sizes. I chose the specific colours again because they don't blend in with the background, they stand out and I think it look cool how they are over lapping like Claude Levi Strauss does the in her photographs. I used binary opposition by typing the phrase " NO VISION" on a photograph with the model wearing glasses, it confuses whoever views the image as glasses are designed to improve vision not subtract it.

 In lesson we've been advised to try and use binary opposition.

STEP 3

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I then added another circle which is the colour it is because I is the models favourite colour. I used violet to add graffiti because I noticed that graffiti makes photographs much more unique as nobody else can write the exact way you can. When I added the mini violet squares, I purposely made them look out of place and slightly messy because the particular artist we are taking an interest in doesn't do her work very neatly, everything is usually all over the place but that's what makes it nice. Its also how it easily recognisable that it is Claude Levi Strauss' work simply because of the design.

STEP 4

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I then experimented by adding a black music note to decide whether the colour of it went with the background, which it did.

STEP 5

 

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Lastly I removed the colour form the model, herself because that is the original artists style and I also think that changing her to black and white suits some of the little details, like the moon. As you can see form the previous step, I also got rid of the music note simply because I think the planet fits far better. the musical note only covered a small fraction of the background, which doesn't look as interesting. And the particular planet/shape I replaced it with , really stands out and goes with the colour scheme more, in my opinion.