Lights - Photography

    

Lights - Photography 

Honeycomb light - When we took portraits we used a honeycomb on our light, this meant that the light was a lot more controlled than it would usually be, it also meant that the light wasn't hitting the entire face, this meant that it would cause the effect that we wanted to happen in our photos. We connected the light to the camera so that when we took a photograph it would flash, this meant that the background would be dark whilst the part of the face the light was hitting would be bright. This created a lot of contrast. A honeycomb light is an example of a hard light.

This is an example of a honeycomb light =

 

Soft Lights - A soft light is a light cover that spreads the light out so that none of the subject is in darkness. It also creates a softer effect that seems calmer. A soft light is large compared to the subject, whilst the hard light is small relative to the subject. A light that is closer to the subject tends to be a soft light. 

This is an example of a soft light =