{"id":1567,"date":"2018-04-15T22:28:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T21:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/?p=1567"},"modified":"2018-04-15T22:28:07","modified_gmt":"2018-04-15T21:28:07","slug":"4-4-ex-nihilo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/course-work\/4-4-ex-nihilo\/","title":{"rendered":"4.4 – Ex Nihilo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exercise 4.4<\/strong> Use 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 man-made object. Man-made or cultural artifacts can be fascinating to light but they also contain another layer of meaning requiring interpretation by the photographer; this exercise is just about controlling the light to reveal form. You don\u2019t need a studio light for this exercise; a desk lamp or even window light will be fine, although a camera flash that you can use remotely is a useful tool. The only proviso is that you can control the way the light falls on the subject. Take some time to set up the shot. The background for your subject will be crucial. For a smallish object, you can tape a large sheet of paper or card to the wall as an \u2018infinity curve\u2019 which you can mask off from the main light source by pieces of card. You don\u2019t need to use a curve if you can manage the \u2018horizon line\u2019 effectively \u2013 the line where the surface meets background. Taking a high viewpoint will make the surface the background, in which case the surface you choose will be important to the shot. Exposure times will be much longer than you\u2019re used to (unless you\u2019re using flash) and metering and focusing will be challenging. The key to success is to keep it simple. The important thing is to aim for four or five unique shots \u2013 either change the viewpoint, the subject or the lighting for each shot. Add the sequence to your learning log. Draw a simple lighting diagram for each of your shots showing the position of the camera, the subject and the direction of the key light and fill. Don\u2019t labour the diagrams; quick sketches with notes will be just as useful as perfect graphics. In your notes try to describe any similarities between the qualities of controlled lighting and the daylight and ambient artificial light shots from Exercises 4.2 and 4.3.<\/p>\n

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using studio lighting gives you a lot of control over the look and feel of your final images. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Exercise 4.4 Use 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 … Continue reading →<\/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-1567","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-ph","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1564,"url":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/course-work\/project-4-ex-nihilo\/","url_meta":{"origin":1567,"position":0},"title":"Project 4: Ex nihilo","author":"Debra Flynn","date":"10th April 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Ex nihilo - out of nothing This section is about using studio lights to control how you shape form: Things to consider are: Quality - hard or soft, modifiers, diffused Contrast - the difference between highlights and the shadows, low key, high key, wrapped around Direction - where is the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Course Work"","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\/2einxVi.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2einxVi.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2einxVi.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2einxVi.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2einxVi.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/EYV-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2einxVi.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":1567,"position":1},"title":"Part 4 – 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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