First day in the studio

These 2 portraits are some of the one two I made on this day. I wanted to show you them because I taught the combination of the two is interesting. There seems to be a movement in the combination that i like.

My first day in the studio was of course very exciting. We had to do a fun experiment with light, shadow and a lot of contrast. The experiment was about ‘Short light' or 'Broad light’. Short lighting, by definition, refers to when the main light illuminates the side of the face that is turned away from the camera. This lets light fall on the narrow side of the face leaving a shadow on the broad side of the face, which is facing the camera. Broad light is the opposite then where the light falls on the broad side of the face. In the beginning it all was very confusing for me. The two terms confused me the whole time but at the end it was a very interesting day and eventually I learned a lot.

After this lesson, I noticed that I started to look different at other photographers their portraits. I now also looked into framework, position, light and other technical aspects. If I do this more often I can improve my technique and I am convinced that this will help me with telling a narrative better in my pictures.