Lighting Research

I have noticed that lighting is a huge element to photography and so I will here show my research as to the varying effects yet brilliant outcomes of them:

Firstly there is a silhouette effect where most parts of the picture are in their original colour or they're also edited but the main objects in the scene are kept the same but they look like a shadow as you can only tell them by their shape and outline (black),

Like you can see in the image above, it has the reflection of light and the glow of the sun and yet the outcome becomes an outstanding silhouette image. The fog makes the rule of thirds easier to apply in this photo as it fades in and out to the middle. This picture has a lot of character too because of the detail in the water (ripples) and the sides of the river.

The next technique is focused lighting where light is filled on the desired area of the scene in the photo. Like the image below it has a dark and gloomy setting near the lens but far near the house it is filled with light to give a modern and advanced look.

The trees give the image a more natural and dramatic feel yet the modern lighting and shape of the building overpowers the bold and dark front with a futuristic/modern look.

This next effect is Black and White. This style of image adds more character and even history to it. They give the images a more abstact way of viewing them but most of the time the images can be seen just as they should be so the audience know what was/is there.

In this picture of Tower Bridge in London the water has added to the dark and gloomy effect. Because the light shows the reflection and in this case the B & W effect has made it black and grey and the bridge itself is bold and overcomes the whole image.