Project 2: Lighting(pt. 2)-Image Bank-Clothing

Ye Rin Mok - Untitled

Ye Rin Mok is a South Korean photographer, currently residing and working in Los Angeles. She was born in Seoul and also took photos for Bust, Monocle, Spin and other publications. She uses Etsy.com to sell her photographs (http://http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7156767) and has her own blog at her website. http://blog.yerinmok.com/

I chose this picture because it suits our current project and I also like the photographer. This photograph can be used for the fashion, however it was not black and white. I recently learned about this photographer and I think she will be one of my favorites.

David LaChapelle - Alexander McQueen

David LaChapelle is an American photographer and film director, who works mainly in fashion, advertising and fine art photography. He was recommended as a photographer for Interview by Andy Warhol and after this, his road to success opened widely. He has taken a lot of photographs of celebrities and as they are very unique and original, people tend to notice them very well. http://www.lachapellestudio.com/

I chose this photographs because it attracted my attention from the beginning. While I was looking through his pictures, this one stood out for me. This picture could also be used for fashion, but it was not black and white. In fact, Alexander McQueen is a brand designer and I believe the dresses that the models are wearing are from Alexander McQueen.

Karl Lagerfeld - Untitled

Karl Lagerfeld is a German photographer and designer, who currently lives in Paris, France. He has collaborated with various fashion related project,such as Chanel. He moved to Paris and finished his studies of fashion there, He also created his own line "Karl Lagerfeld" in 1984. He wrote a book "The 3D Diet", which was as success.

I chose this picture because it suited to our current project and I liked the photographer. This could be used for fashion or shoes, however it was not black and white. I also liked how this was in a studio with artificial light.

Project 2: Lighting(pt. 2)-Theory Notes

Shooting in Low Light

Low-light shooting means when there is lack of light for shooting picures. For example, in afternoons, nights and inside buildings, you need artificial lights for aid. To avoid just using flash to avoid low light, photographers could use fast film speed to expose less time on the film.

Shooting in Sun Light

Sun-light shooting means when a photographer is shooting with natural light or sunlight. There is no need for artificial light as aids.

Low light:

Sunlight:

Project 2: Lighting(pt.2)-Diary Entry

GOOD
Our new project is about fashion and the use of lighting. Last week, we started taking pictures for this project and since everyone had to take pictures, we all took pictures of each other. We all took photographs outside of the lab and fortunately, it was sunny. We had so much fun taking pictures because it was funny to see each other posing as if they were models. We had to take three pictures of each fashion, shoes and accessories and so, I thought I should take more pictures and so, took another roll of film. Now that I think of it, I would have failed to have all nine prints if I didn't take another roll of film. Some of them came out but others didn't and I had to adjust the time for them.

BAD
Today, we had an open lab for our project on fashion. We finished developing our films on Monday and started printing that same day. Everyone was so shocked to find out that the project is due on Friday and so, we all stayed after school on Wednesday for the open lab. I could see that everyone was overwhelmed with the amount of prints that they have to finish and reluctantly started printing. I also had to do nine prints in 3 hours. Fortunately, they all had similar time and aperture so it went by pretty fast and in the end, I had all nine prints printed. I hope this doesn't happen again.

Project 1: Lighting(pt.1)

Our assignment is to produce six prints which show two different lighting effects to compositions ie. soft and hard light.

1. still life
2. portrait
3. landscape

Project 1: Lighting(pt.1)-Landscape

Time: 5 10 15 20 seconds
Aperture: 11

This is a test strip for my fifth final print, landscape. Because I had a flare in the middle of this picture, it was a little hard to see if everything came out right. Therefore, I had to add a lot of time.

Time: 22 seconds
Aperture: 11

This is my fifth final print, a hard-light landscape. This is a hard-light because of the sun-flare in the middle of the print. Also this print was a bit grainy.

Time: 10 15 20 25 seconds
Aperture: 5.6

This is a test strip of my last final print, a landscape. Unlike the one above, I had to open the aperture more because it was too bright.

Time: 20

Aperture: 5.6

This is my last final print, a soft-light landscape. I thought it might be a little too dark, but it seemed okay by ms. oriogun. Just like the one above, it was a bit grainy, but otherwise, this was my favorite print.

Project 1: Lighting(pt.1)-Still Life

Time: 9 seconds
Aperture: 11

This is a test strip for my third final print, still life. It was too bright and so, i needed to add more time.

Time: 11 seconds
Aperture: 11

This is my third final print, a soft-light still life. I tried to use DOF while taking this picture, and fortunately it worked.

Time: 10 11 12 13 14 seconds
Aperture: 11

This is a test strip of my fourth final print, a still life. I had to change my choice of a final print because it was not focused. Fortunately, this looked quite the same and was focused.

Time: 13 seconds

Aperture: 11

This is my fourth final post, a hard-light still life.The shadow on the table shows that it is a hard-light still life. However I did not know how to remove the flare at the bottom of the sphere.

Project 1: Lighting(pt.1)-Portraits

Time: 32 seconds
Aperture: 11
Filter: 5



Time: 28 32 36 40 seconds
Aperture: 11
Filter: 5


These are two test strips for my first final print. I added filter 5 because the details were not showing up. However I also had hard time because the prints were very dusty and messy.

Time: 33 seconds

Aperture: 11

Filter: 5

This is my first final print, a soft-lighting portrait. It was still a little dusty on the black space. I tried to show more details using filter 5.

Time: 32 seconds
Aperture: 11
Filter: 5

This is a test strip of my second final print portrait. This was very bright.

Time: 9 seconds

Aperture: 11

This is my second final print, a hard-lighting portrait. This was much cleaner than my last final print.

Project 1:Lighting(pt.1)-Printing Compositions

Aperture: 11

Time: 7 seconds

This is my contact sheet for portraits. I chose one hard-light and one soft-light photographs from here.

Aperture: 11
Time: 2 4 6 8 10 seconds

Aperture: 11
Time: 8 seconds

This is a test strip for the other contact sheet, which consists photographs of still life and landscape. However the one on the bottom was still a little too bright.

Aperture: 11
Time: 9 seconds

This is the contact sheet for photographs of still life and land scape. I had a lot of photographs because I had two rolls of film to take these pictures, just in case. However the landscape pictures did not come out except for only five. I chose four pictures in total, two landscape and two still life.

Project 1: Lighting(pt.1)-Image Bank

Herb Ritts - Al Pacino
Herb Ritts is an American photographer who is famous for his mastery of art and commercial photography. He mainly produces portraits and editorial fashion photography for big magazines and clothing companies. He also made many music videos. His style includes clean lines and strong forms that were simple to understand. He died recently in 2002 from AIDS.

I liked this photograph because first, it has a lot to do with our current project and also, its overall mood looked nice. This picture can be classified as a hard lighting picture as the viewers can immediately see the shadows on the model's face. Also since it was black and white, it let me compare my pictures from his.

Chapman Baehler-Untitled

Chapman Baehler is a photographer and movie director. Most of his photographs are of famous celebrities and he also took many album photographs for musicians. His sister, Rebecca Baehler is a cinematographer, just like him.

I chose this picture because of its connection to our current project and because I liked the model. Just like Herb Ritt's photograph, this is a black and white photograph, but with soft lighting. The viewers can notice that by looking at the model's face and the back ground.

Polly Chandler-Ball of Twigs

Polly Chandler is an American photographer, who is famous for her unqiue portrait style. Her pictures show the personality of her subjects through selective backgrounds and the use of large formats. She began as a graphic designer but changed her mind and ended up with photography.

I chose this picture because it was related to our project and it also reminded me of my pictures. This picture is black and white and contains soft lighting on the object. I also had some pictures of a ball-shaped object and played around with the shadow it casts on the table and also on itself.

Project 1: Lighting(pt.1)-Theory Notes

Hard Light

Hard lighting is a type of lighting that is strong and casts shadows of the object. It creates a big contrast between the object and the shadow and so, it accentuates the texture, shape and details of the object. It is usually created with a spot.

Soft Light

Soft lighting is a type of lighting that is overcasting and casts only soft shadows. This can be created with broads, scoops and fluorescents. These light sources are usually large and the light tends to wrap around the subject. Soft light is used to cast shadow-less light and make the subject look more flawless.

Hard light vs. Soft light

Three-point Lighting

Three-point lighting is a lighting technique used in various fields to create different lightings and shadows. There are three lights in three-point lighting, which are key light, fill light and back light. The key light shines directly at a subject and its strength, color and angle are some determinants. The fill light also shines at the subject but from a side and is placed at a lower position. The back light, like its name, shines from the subject's back and gives the subject a halo.

Project 1: Lighting(pt.1)-Diary Entry

GOOD
Today, our class started a new project, which is lighting. We set up a lighting studio in the media lab and practiced taking pictures of each other. Even though the pictures did not come out very well, the ones that I took at home came out very well. I took pictures of my brother for portraits, which was very difficult as he did not want me to. I also took pictures of an apple, magic 8 ball and my neighborhood for still life and landscape. They all fortunately came out except some nice landscape photographs that I took of the river beside my house. When I developed and printed them, most people liked them and I was also proud of them. I hope all my photographs come out well from now on.
BAD
At the beginning of the semester, our class started with a 1500 words essay. Everyone was overwhelmed with the burden and had hard time finishing it. I was no exception and so, I also had hard time finishing my essay. The topic for the essay was also very vague and ambiguous and it required a lot of research. I have never heard of the term "The Gaze" and so at the beginnning I had no idea where to start. However Ms.Oriogun gave us some names of famous theorists and photographers and by reading their theories and looking at the photographs, I understood what it was. It was not the most fun essay ever, but I guess we need practice for another essay that we will eventually have to write.