Sorry the quality of this photo is kind of blurry. This picture is an interesting experimentation with underlighting. So far in class, we have only used down light, and this picture demonstrates a rather dramatic use of light hitting the face from underneath rather than overhead. You can see the shadows are almost opposite of the way we usually see them; you can see the shadows from my eye sockets stretching back over my forehead instead of down my cheeks. Also, my eyes are highlighted instead of shadowed, but there is a shadow right underneath them where my cheeks block some of the light. Overall, the whole look is almost exactly the opposite of downlight- that would make sense. I mean that the parts of the face that are usually shadowed in downlight are highlighted here, and vice versa. I know we'll be able to use booms soon, and this picture just made me think of ways we can use side or underlighting to highlight the body and face in a different way than we have so far in class.
I'm also really sorry this one came in so late- it was a crazy, hectic weekend. My apologies.
Nice image and analysis of the angle
ReplyDeleteOne reason it has such an affect on us is that we do not see it as much in nature or our daily life