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FPPF: Basic Photography Workshop, 3rd Day

Not all submitted their "assignment" on still life. Thus, have to wait for next week to see what the others came up with. Although, already saw some, that from their pictures, they really made the effort to come up with good images.


For this Sunday, we had a video presentation showing the Ten Universal Principles of Great Art. And they are...
* Unity
* Harmony
* Will
* Strength
* Intuition
* Balance and Contrast
* Simplicity and Purity
* Empathy and Compassion
* Truth
* Universality

How to create art:
* Conceptual stage
* Design or planning stage
* Design implementation
* Audience appreciation or reaction

With STILL LIFE, one should look for:
* Shape
* Form
* Texture
* Color
* Size

Lighting still life objects:
* For CRYSTALS, light the background.
* For SPHERES, top-right-back.
* For HIGHLY REFLECTIVE OBJECTS, put the object in a tent.

You can do a make-shift tent by using a balikbayan box, cut the left, right and top side of the box to put a tracing paper as diffuser. This is where you would provide the light. An opening in front of the box is for the camera.

There are three kinds of POSES: 2/3 pose, frontal and profile.

* FRONTAL lighting is good for elderly ladies to lessen the wrinkles.

* BUTTERFLY LIGHTING is putting the light front-overhead. With butterfly lighting, you create a butterfly shadow below the nose. You can use a reflector to lighten the shadow.

* The LOOP is where the shadow of the tip of the nose points to the edge of the lip but do not "close" the shadow.

* REMBRANDT is the same as loop but the shadow of the tip of the nose touches the edge of the lips, creating a triangular highlight in the cheek.

* SHORT-LIGHTING is used to make a person thinner. It is said to be short-lighted if the shadow is near the camera.

* BROAD-LIGHTING makes a person fatter. Here, the shadow is farther from the camera.

With STUDIO LIGHTING, there can be one, two or more sources of light. If you have a two light set-up, the main source of light should be behind the camera.

posted by ~GFA~ @ 4/15/2007 09:32:00 PM