Direct & Indirect Sources

Lighting that is mixed from direct sources and indirect reflection. In daylighting this means that some part of the light of the sky or the sun is bounced off some surface, while at least part of the sky is still visible from the point. Direct Light flies straight from the light source to the subject. Sunlight on a clear day is direct light. Light from an on-camera flash can also be direct light. While direct light has many uses, photographers often prefer the softer look of diffused and reflected light.

Indirect light can be bounced off, for example if there was a lake, the light would reflect off it and bounce which makes the image look softer and diffuses the light. It also helps to fill in any unwanted shadows that have appeared because of the natural light from the sun.

Sources of light

 Studio set up and direct/indirect sources

For this section we have explored lighting using studio light to create various lighting technique. Such as broad side, back light, side lighting, short side, Rembrandt light. In the first video we exported the different type of lighting. The first type of lighting we tried is broad side light which created a dark affect like the person had something to hide. We also went on to create Rembrandt lighting which creates a shadow triangle. This highlights the features of the subject and their natural features will be highlighted. There were also tasked to use the technique of three point lighting. This include three parts such as key lighting, fill light and back light and that is what we have been tasked with the video. In both of the videos we have used artificial sources of light.

In the second video we had two studio lights that were used to create different lighting technique. In this we first had one subject exploring the different types of lighting. In the beginning we used on of the studio lights to create side light which created an effect that the subject a dark side to them. We also went onto Rembrandt lighting (0.14) which was created with on source of light with had created a triangle on the right side of the subjects face. We then attempted rim lighting (0.17) but then it happen to become side light. We then adjusted the studio light (0.20) and put the light directly behind the subject which then had a good outcome because it created a silhouette affect which completing shaded the subject face.

We then went onto create a scenario of a interrogation scene with two subject at the end of the table. In this we used two studio lights to have two light sources so we can have the same amount of light on the subjects faces to show that they are equals. We then went onto a different subject and explored the different lighting. At 0.49 we created a side light affect to show that the subject has two sides to their personality and the mystery behind them. We then went onto another interrogation scene but this time we used one source of light to create a darker affect and the one light source will show the person that is getting interrogated at 1.24. In this task we used two light sources they were both studio lights. We used this to recreate different types of lighting techniques. In this video we used the three point lighting effectively because we had the studio lights in the correct positions and we added the extra studio light.