{"id":1564,"date":"2018-04-10T22:49:29","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T21:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/?p=1564"},"modified":"2018-04-10T22:49:39","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T21:49:39","slug":"project-4-ex-nihilo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/course-work\/project-4-ex-nihilo\/","title":{"rendered":"Project 4: Ex nihilo"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ex nihilo &#8211; out of nothing<\/h1>\n<p>This section is about using studio lights to control how you shape form:<\/p>\n<p>Things to consider are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quality &#8211; hard or soft, modifiers, diffused<\/li>\n<li>Contrast &#8211; the difference between highlights and the shadows, low key, high key, wrapped around<\/li>\n<li>Direction &#8211; where is the light coming from, which is the key light, or fill light, create drama, bring out the form of the subject<\/li>\n<li>Colour &#8211; add colour with gels, or reflectors (i.e. gold to warm skin tones)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_1565\" style=\"width: 3010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1565\" data-attachment-id=\"1565\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/course-work\/project-4-ex-nihilo\/attachment\/2einxvi\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2einxVi.jpg?fit=3000%2C4242&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3000,4242\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2einxVi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Lighting guide&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2einxVi.jpg?fit=584%2C826&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1565\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2einxVi.jpg?resize=584%2C826\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2einxVi.jpg?w=3000&amp;ssl=1 3000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2einxVi.jpg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2einxVi.jpg?resize=768%2C1086&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2einxVi.jpg?resize=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 724w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2einxVi.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2einxVi.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lighting guide<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex nihilo &#8211; out of nothing This section is about using studio lights to control how you shape form: Things to consider are: Quality &#8211; hard or soft, modifiers, diffused Contrast &#8211; the difference between highlights and the shadows, low &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/course-work\/project-4-ex-nihilo\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-course-work","category-part-4-the-language-of-light","category-project-4-ex-nihilo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9tN7f-pe","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1567,"url":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/course-work\/4-4-ex-nihilo\/","url_meta":{"origin":1564,"position":0},"title":"4.4 &#8211; Ex Nihilo","author":"Debra Flynn","date":"15th April 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Exercise 4.4\u00a0Use a combination of quality, contrast, direction and colour to light an object in order to reveal its form. For this exercise we recommend that you choose a natural or organic object such as an egg, stone, vegetable or plant, or the human face or body, rather than a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Course Work&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Course Work","link":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/category\/course-work\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/contacts-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/contacts-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/contacts-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/contacts-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/contacts-1.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/contacts-1.jpg?resize=1400%2C800 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1496,"url":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/course-work\/part-4-the-language-of-light\/","url_meta":{"origin":1564,"position":1},"title":"Part 4 &#8211; The Language of Light","author":"Debra Flynn","date":"18th March 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Making\u00a0 a start: This Part is going to focus on manual mode and how changing exposure can change the look and feel of your image. 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