The unit was explained in today's class, and a presentation of photographers using low-key and high-key approaches was also shown. Compared to higher key photos, which have very little contrast between the two, low key photographs have more contrast between the lighter and darker portions. We also examined the various lighting setups that might be used for this unit and how they would affect an image, particularly a portrait.

Technique of photography that minimises or eliminates black shadows in an image by using unusually bright lighting.

Underlit images with strong contrast and dark tones

In the brief we are asked to create 15 images in which are broken down into 5 sections.

Fill Flash: When the foreground of a photo is underexposed due to a bright background, this form of lighting is used to brighten it by focusing on the main subject there.

Flash will be used to focus the light on a subject rather than the whole image.

Flash on location: Flash will be used as the main source of lighting when out of the studio

Portrait on a landscape: a model will be placed into a surrounding which will compliment one another.

Landscape Image: An image which will consist of a non human subject, usually a view outdoors of nature and buildings.

I couldn't find any information on where this photographer is from.

James is a disciplinary journalist. He photographs people, animals and places. He also produces videos and writes articles.

He is a regular contributor to many magazines such as the digital camera magazine, amateur photographer, photo plus, NPhoto and computer arts. His work also appears in several books.

I couldn't find much on James but i think he uses a digital camera as he is said to work with the digital camera magazine.

It looks like he works both in studio and location but in this specific image he shot on location. He tends to work more on location. 

I think he uses flash due to there being shadows and highlights on the model. For example on the right side of the models face there is both highlights and shadow.

I think its a digital image as its super clear.

The model is a woman and she is posed to make it look like she is looking into the distance.

The composition in the image is differential (selective) focus. This is shown in the image as the main focus is the model and the ground she is on then the background is blurry.

The image is super clear and focused.

The image is warm toned.

The image is very clean and sharp.

The texture of the clouds along with the grass catches the eye of the viewer.

I like how he used selective focus and i will use that in my work.

My plan is to for the location portion is to photograph my model in a park filled with greenery like trees and lots of flowers. Im going for a spring theme and to show that my model will be wearing a spring outfit which includes a nice cream dress covered in lovely flowers and brown boots that accompany the dress along with a cream cardigan. I felt it would really compliment the flowers in the park. For the studio portion i wanted to link with the spring theme so i thought about using spring fruits.

For the dramatic use of flash i ended up using two lights on for the backdrop and one for the subject.

For the fill flash I also used two lights both on the subject , one high above and one directly in front of the subject.

 

Unedited Images

Fill Flash

Dramatic use of flash

Edited

He mainly works with portraiture and landscapes. 

I couldn't find anything about what camera he uses but i believe he uses a digital camera as his images are sharp. I did find out that he began his carrer with a pentax camera.

This image i think is shot in studio.

Flash was used. I see this as there are two light sources, one on the back drop and one above the model on the left.

The model is in the center of the image and is being shot from the neck up.

Quite smooth and flats since its quite dark

When going into this shoot i had a set plan that went accordingly except for the only thing that didn't which was i had planned to use multiple spring fruits such as oranges, grapefruit , lemons and limes bit all they had when i got to the shops were lemons and kiwi so i went with that. Overall i like how my outcomes came out as it came out how i wanted.

For this shoot i decided to re-create the same lighting plan we had done in class as a dramatic use of flash example. The outcomes came out even better than i thought. Everything went according the plan for this shoot and ii love how it came out, just like i wanted.

Nico is a full time commercial photographer, videographer and photography writer. He works mainly in London and the south of the uk.

He does event photography, street photography, urban landscapes, architecture and landscapes.He also does cars.

His work is shown on his website and instagram. He also works with adidas, Peugeot, amazon and heineken.

I couldn't find anything about what camera he uses but because his images look super sharp i believe he uses a Digital camera.

This image is shot on location at ST Pauls Cathedral as a commission to shoot the areas surrounding a few of the new developments.

I believe natural lighting was used, He doesn't seem to use much flash in his work.

i think its a digital image.

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He uses symmetry in this image and he shows this on his instagram post highlighting in red the mirror line or the axis of symmetry.

Everything in the image is in focus, its all very clear.

I think the image is cool toned due to the amount of blue in the image.

It has alot of blue and cool toned. also quite bright.

The image is clean

The pattern of the building catches the viewers eye

I like the symmetry and i will defiantly using it in the future

Before editing

After editing

He was a german photographer , he was a potrait photographer

He was a portrait photographer, he also did landscapes, nature, architecture and street photography.

He published ' Face of our time' in 1929, it contained 60 portraits.

He used an old fashioned large-format camera which i believe was a film camera.

This image seem to be location and i think it might be apart of his street photogrpahy.

This image specifically is using natural light.

Its a film image, it was shot on a film camera.

There is a man standing in the middle of the frame.

Full body portrait where he is centered and there is negative space.

For a film image its pretty clear

Strong tones as the background is quite black and the apron is also strong toned.

Its black and white

The image is clean.

The dirt on the apron creates a nice texture that catches the viewers eye

I like how the model is centered and its something i will implement in the future.

Overall i think my photos came good, i like how they look and love the edit style i chose. Idid struggle with coming up with the idea at first and i also due to weather and models availability i did struggle to come up with a day to shoot but i goto it done in the end.