Experimental & Creative Lighting

AS Photography

Scenario

• Your primary goal is to experiment with lighting to create stylish images, demonstrating technical competence in a range of lighting techniques.

 TASK 1a: Initial research

• One historical photographer & one contemporary photographer

• Identify type of lighting set-up used• Compare and contrast style and technique• Analyse images in usual way• At least two images per photographer and

remember that all numbers given are a minimium

TASK 1b: Understanding basic lighting set ups

Mario Testino

Rankin

Paolo Roversi

TASK 1c: Using modifiers to shape the light

TASK 2: Experimental Lighting

Michael BosankoChris KnightUnknown

Painting with light

RussellTrushuUnknown - all off Flickr

Slow Sync Flash

High sync flash

Max speed sync flash

Terry Richardson

Irving Penn

Hiro

Miko Lim

Bruce Webber

Phillipe Halsman

Helmut Newton

Task

• Using some of the photographers listed here plus others you have found online, try to figure out what ‘key’ lighting they have used. Print out a few images and test each other in small groups seing if you can identify where you think the lights may be. Draw directly onto the print outs to practice lighting diagrams.