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02/11/2007 01:10:05 PM · #1 |
| I have an assignment for school that says "Produce one portrait taken outdoors using the diffuse directional quality of window light. You must show directional lighting on the face, avoid blown out hot backgrounds and absolutely no direct sunlight may be anywhere in the shot." What does the first sentence mean? |
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02/11/2007 01:19:00 PM · #2 |
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02/11/2007 01:26:55 PM · #3 |
| if it was obvious to me, would i be asking? |
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02/11/2007 01:29:35 PM · #4 |
I think the confusing part is "portrait taken outdoors" using window light.
I can't say for sure but I believe they want the portrait actually taken indoors using the light from outside shining through a window.. |
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02/11/2007 01:36:47 PM · #5 |
I have no clue what this is.
My interpretation for what it's worth :
Ok, so it must be taken outdoors.
The light for the photograph must come from a window.
Directional lighting on the face => you should be able to tell where the light came from.
No direct sunlight.
If it were up to me, those are the guidelines I would produce my image by :
Have a model stand by a lit window (shop, supermarket, ...) after dark and make a portrait using available light.
I would just LOVE to discuss the image with the person responsible for the assignment....
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02/11/2007 01:38:31 PM · #6 |
| Sounds to me like they want a subject taken outside a window with the light source inside the window...something like a night shot of a window-peeper! |
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02/11/2007 01:40:16 PM · #7 |
| It says using the "diffuse directional quality of window lighting." Perhaps it's not meant to be taken literally, that is, that there must be a window as a light source. Rather, the light quality must be diffuse and directional, as might be experienced indoors through a window. |
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02/11/2007 02:01:53 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
It's not obvious? |
This was a really helpful comment. Glad you took the time to help her out.
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02/11/2007 02:25:10 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by toddhead:
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
It's not obvious? |
This was a really helpful comment. Glad you took the time to help her out. |
I don't see any helpful information from you either. At least mine bumped it up so it didn't drop off the front page with no replies.
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02/11/2007 02:27:13 PM · #10 |
| Why not ask your teacher? |
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02/11/2007 02:30:42 PM · #11 |
Two possible (or at least likely) theories:
1. It's a typo, it should be "take a portrait indoors". The idea is to use that diffused, indirect window light (NOT sun shining directly through a window) to produce your portrait. It's a wonderful, classic sort of lighting to use.
2. This one's much quirkier: the idea is to shout a portrait outdoors in such a location and in such a way that it emulates (mimics) the sort of diffused directional lighting you get indoors from, say, a north window.
R.
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02/11/2007 02:44:05 PM · #12 |
| Thanks for everyone's help. |
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02/11/2007 03:11:52 PM · #13 |
I think the key term is "diffuse quality of window light" not meaning window light itself.
Take a picture in a north-south running alley in mid-morning or mid-afternoon.
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