For this 26 things we focused on playing with light!

Contact Sheet Templeton

Red and yellow light

Red and white light

Blue light

Image One:

Image Two:

Find and post two historical image or one that you have chosen as an “iconic” image.

• what is the light source?
  • Photo lamps
• what direction is the light coming from?
  • Front, with no shadows
• what is the best way to recreate the lighting you see in the image?
  • Use a lamp
• where is the camera in relation to the subject?
  • Directly in front
• how is the person posed in relation to the camera?
  • The front is to the camera

• what is the light source?
  • Stage lights
• what direction is the light coming from?
  • From the front of the subject
• what is the best way to recreate the lighting you see in the image?
  • Use a studio light from the front
• where is the camera in relation to the subject?
  • The camera is slightly below and to the left of the subject
• how is the person posed in relation to the camera?
  • The person is slightly turned from the camera

• What is important when capturing movement with a camera for a joiner type of composition?
  • It is important for the photographer not to move, lest they capture different perspectives and distort the image.
• How do joiners give the illusion of time and space?
  • Each photograph only captures a split second of time, but a joiner captures many different points of time, and thus allows a story to be told. The layout of the pictures within the joiner creates a larger picture of a ‘space’ throughout the segment of time.
• How is physically arranging the photographs like arranging the photographs in Photo Shop?
  • Each photograph is essentially a layer that can be overlaid upon another.
• What are some pros and cons of Photo Shop joiners vs. physically printing and joining the images?
  • Photoshop allows the photographer to adjust each layer separately. In other words, different effects can be applied to the layers quite easily. Photoshop also doesn’t require expensive prints and film development.
• Do you prefer the very ‘organized and exact’ style or more ‘broken up’ style of joiner? Why?
  • I prefer the more organized an exact style of joiner, because they give the impression that more thought was given into the layout of the pictures, however if time is broken up, the image will contain more “depth.”