Basic lighting & Beauty and The Beast Project
Well I was in the studio yesterday and had a model come in. Did loads of stuff but the two main things I wanted to do was; show basic lighting techniques and my Beauty and The Beast project. The lighting techniques are really the most basic ones a photographer will do. Using just one key light and moving it ever so slightly around the model. The first one, known as Rembrandt, named after the artist, is just to have the light slightly above the model and either to the right or left of the subject. The result should leave a small triangle on the unlit side of the face. The next one is called short lighting.
I then decided I would put them all together in a single image. Must say I am quite pleased with the result.
The other thing I wanted to do was the Beauty and The Beast brief. While this is a set project for college it is similar to the Sony project, as in, it is another competition. This one is for Ilford/Harman and has to be produced in Black and White.
The Brief
I then decided I would put them all together in a single image. Must say I am quite pleased with the result.
The other thing I wanted to do was the Beauty and The Beast brief. While this is a set project for college it is similar to the Sony project, as in, it is another competition. This one is for Ilford/Harman and has to be produced in Black and White.
The Brief
We are looking for thought provoking images that show the diversity and contrasts that surround us each day. Who has the right to tell us what is beautiful or is it truly in the eye of the beholder? Draw your inspiration from the world around us; people, places, nature and culture. You can be as experimental as you wish both technically and creatively. We will be looking for images that are original, imaginative, contemporary and powerful.
Single image required for competition. Copyright will remain the sole property of the artist. Ilford reserve the right to reproduce the image free of charge and exhibit any entered image in all media worldwide in connection with the competition.
The aim of the image is to win the competition and receive the recognition that goes with that.
The target audience initially is the judges of the competition. However. If successful then the image is to be exhibited for a short spell and will appear on line and various publications.
The scope of the brief is fairly broad and allows total artistic freedom from the artist both technically and creatively.
The image must be taken on Ilford black and white film, processed by the artist and printed on Ilford paper in the darkroom, again by the artist. The minimum size for prints is 8x10 inch.
Images have to be the artists own work and can not have been published or exhibited by any third party previously. They can not infringe on rights of any third party and a model release form must be completed where appropriate.
As the brief said, we had to look at people and the context we live today. Not sure I have accomplished it but I wanted to show a beauty of a woman and the beast that is the rage within. Art is subjective so I guess it's down to others to decide if I have managed it.
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