Question

1. What is frontlighting? What is one disadvantage to frontlighting? 2. What advantages does strobe lighting have over continuous lighting? 3. How can the time of day affect an outdoor photograph? 4. What are continuous lights? What advantages and disadvantages do they have? 5. What is a softbox? Why do photographers use a softbox? 6. Why do photographers use umbrellas? What benefits do they offer? 7. Why is it important to use artificial lighting for most indoor portraits? 8. What do you think is the most challenging aspect of working with light in photography? How can you try to reduce this challenge? 9. Have you ever taken a photograph or had your photograph taken in a studio? What was the experience like? How did lighting play a role in the photograph? 10. What tips or techniques should you keep in mind when shooting photographs on a rainy day? Do you think you’d like to photograph in the rain? Why or why not?

Answer 1

hey there,

Here are my personal responses to these questions in this unit:

1. Frontlighting is when the sun is in the back of the photographer. One disadvantage is that it can create a photograph with a flattened appearance.

2. Strobe lighting can remain consistent (same lighting throughout all photographs), while continuous lights can become more yellow as they age.

3. Time of day can affect a photograph, and it especially is a bad idea to take photos at noon because there is a small number of shadows and harsh lighting. Taking photos is better later in the day when the lighting is “softer”.

4. Continuous lights are lights that remain on like lamps. Some advantages are that they are not that expensive and you can see shadows and highlights. Some disadvantages are that the light is not balanced to daylight and that these lights get warm which is uncomfortable for the person photographed and the person doing the photography.

5. Softboxes are lighting devices that enclose the lighting source in a “box” with reflective back and side walls. Softboxes can be cheap and they produce soft light.

6. Photographers use umbrellas to help control and soften the light. Umbrellas can give different types of light by color and create soft light by their large size.

7. It is important to use artificial lighting in indoor portraits because they can help decrease bright lighting from the flash on your camera, lots of shadows, and red eyes in the photograph. It also makes the photo more “pleasing”.

8. I think the most challenging aspect is trying to find the best light for the purpose. Sometimes, you might want it really bright to show something special or the other way around. A way to reduce this aspect is just try to find ways to photograph using different lights, including artificial light to see which looks best and has good exposure.

9. I have had a photograph taken of me in the studio. It took a long time for the photographer to be able to capture a good photograph. There were also a lot of artificial lights all around the room and they used flash on most of the photos.

10. I think using an artificial light would be helpful since most of the time it can be a gloomy feel so it will be very dark. Most rainy photos are also supposed to show sadness, so I think the more lights and colors you bring into the photo, the happier and better it will look. I would like to photograph in the rain because I want to see a photo of still drops in the air - I think it would look very cool.

Hope this helped! Feel free to ask anything else.