Explore Sunlit Subjects with Chiaroscuro Lighting

[Andre]

In the new photo contest the subject is

Chiaroscuro (italian) is a term in art for a contrast between light and dark. An another form is Rembrandt lighting. So this week, it is about the nicest picture of any brightly lit subject against a dark background.

So that elicited this comment:

Rembrandt lighting, eh? So photo tweaking is not allowed, but professional photography lighting rigs are recommended for entry?

...

So I like to answer to that with a few examples of Rembrandt lighting with an unprofessional onmipresent lighting rig, the sun. Now which one should I select?

(ok this one required a modest fill in flash)

 

[Kronos5253]

In the new photo contest the subject is



So that elicited this comment:



So I like to answer to that with a few examples of Rembrandt lighting with an unprofessional onmipresent lighting rig, the sun. Now which one should I select?

(ok this one required a modest fill in flash)

I think the dandelion picture is gorgeous.. I'd vote for that one. Good quality, good composition.

I like the squirrel monkey too though haha But that's just because I like them :) The lighting is really good on the fur too.. it's a great pic.

So I'd say one of those two.. but that's just my 2 cents

 

[chroot]

None of these pictures shows Rembrandt lighting in any way -- Rembrandt lighting requires a human face.

It seems that you're just trying to pre-select your competition photo to increase your own odds of winning...

- Warren

 

[Andre]

The question was not Rembrandt lighting but:

the nicest picture of any brightly lit subject against a dark background.

But the message is clear. I will not enter anything in the contest.

 

[chroot]

The question was not Rembrandt lighting but

I'm just pointing out that you posted a few examples of Rembrandt lighting, yet none of your pictures show Rembrandt lighting.

For the record, you don't need professional lighting equipment to produce Rembrandt lighting. All you need to do is drape a bed sheet over a window and spend a few minutes posing your subject.

- Warren

 

[junglebeast]

Rembrandt lighting:

"The key light is placed high and to one side at the front, and the fill light or a reflector is placed half-height and on the other side at the front, set to about half the power of the key light, with the subject, if facing at an angle to the camera, with the key light illuminating the far side of the face. The key in Rembrandt lighting is creating the triangle or diamond shape of light underneath the eye...The triangle should be no longer than the nose and no wider than the eye"

I have a really cool picture of myself using Rembrandt lighting, but it was taken professionally and is not something I could emulate without having the reflector and lighting rigs.

And Andre -- stop taking things so seriously.

 

[Andre]

...Rembrandt lighting requires a human face.

Like this?

source

Now where is the bedsheet over the window here?

 

[junglebeast]

I'm not sure what point you are trying to make as that Rembrandt painting is clearly not an example of Rembrandt lighting.

 

[chroot]

Rembrandt did not always use "Rembrandt lighting" in his paintings. Rembrandt lighting is a style of portraiture -- of the human face -- which Rembrandt often employed.

It is defined by the high key light and the resulting triangle of light on the opposite cheek.

Your own link to Wikipedia explains it well. Have you read it?

- Warren

 

[Sorry!]

Rembrandt did not always use "Rembrandt lighting" in his paintings. Rembrandt lighting is a style of portraiture -- of the human face -- which Rembrandt often employed.

It is defined by the high key light and the resulting triangle of light on the opposite cheek.

Your own link to Wikipedia explains it well. Have you read it?

- Warren

Rembrandt is known for his USE OF LIGHT in paintings. Not for 'Rembrandt lighting', that came after as an effect used in portraits... they named it after him because this style makes objects seem very deep and and natural by using light, which he was a master of. Regardless this form of lighting is done in portraits. Chiaroscuro however is just a style which uses contrasts of light/dark in any type of image.

Know all of this from taking 4 years of visual art courses and 2 art history courses :P

 

[Andre]

How can you make a war out of nothing.

 

[Andre]

I'm not sure what point you are trying to make as that Rembrandt painting is clearly not an example of Rembrandt lighting.

So how about your entry in the contest?

 

[junglebeast]

So how about your entry in the contest?

What about it? The topic said Chiaroscuro, not Rembrandt lighting.

Also, what about this?

And Andre -- stop taking things so seriously.

This game is only getting less fun due to all the bickering and nonsensical rules.