Let’s play with a photo exercise that involves consciously using a type of light in the images we create.
Think about the different ways that you can use lighting to enhance or alter your scene or create a mood. This exercise doesn’t limit you to daytime photography; you can play with light after dark, too.
Photos can be from indoors or outdoors, in natural or artificial light. Some ideas include directional lighting (down lighting, back lighting, side lighting, up lighting), using a spot of light to illuminate a feature of interest, or taking advantage of an atmospheric tone over the entire scene (golden hour or blue hour photography). There are numerous creative possibilities for your images.
Monday, March 6, 2023
Meeting start time: 7pm (Zoom conferencing line opens approximately 15 minutes before start time)
To join the meeting, click this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/74909264555
To get you started, here is a small sampling of the many articles about lighting in photography:
https://visualeducation.com/photography-course/understanding-light/
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/discover/diffused-light-photography.html
https://digital-photography-school.com/landscape-photography-about-light/ (scroll to the top)
https://digital-photography-school.com/backlighting-in-photography/
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/discover/night-photography.html
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/discover/golden-hour.html
https://www.photoworkout.com/blue-hour-photography/
https://livesnaplove.com/blog/photography-lighting-ideas
For image sharing on March 6, please submit up to 3 images to yaapeid@gmail.com by end-of-day Saturday, March 4.
Use the naming convention FirstnameLastname_#_title, with # representing the number 1, 2 or 3 so that your images are displayed in the order you wish.
Example: JoeSmith_1_TheFirstLight, etc.
File Format
Images must be in JPEG (jpg) format without any visible signature or watermark. It is recommended (but not required) that they be in the sRGB color space.
File Size
All of the following size requirements must be met:
- Horizontal dimension maximum: 1400 pixels*
- Vertical dimension maximum: 1050 pixels*
- File size maximum: 2 Mb
* including any borders and key lines.