The Hollywood Style photography was characterized with hard lights and high ratio on the images which was making them more mysterious. In the 1940s and 1950s the same lighting was represent in the Film Noir which is a term used for stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations. It was associated with low-key black and white visual style and the scenes were usually done inside with key light and low fill light which was creating hard shadows.
Some of my favorite actresses from that time like Audrey Hepburn, Vivien Leigh, Ava Gardner, Rita Hayworth were photographed in that style, so I tried to make a remake of their photos.
I took the photos with my DSLR in the studio and i used key light, soft fill light and hair light. I took two different poses and inverting them in black and white, made them look like the 1040s Hollywood Style.
wow, love the editing skills.
ReplyDeleteHi Millie, Good work. I have seen some other examples of yours, and lighting is definitely one of your particular skills. You need to refine these skills further however. Your second shot is a little 'top heavy' lighting wise (lighting is falling off too much from top to bottom of subject) I would like to see more evidence of your research, a lighting diagram and your test shot. I will look for these on Moodle
ReplyDeleteThanks James...I've got my full research, contact sheets with lighting diagrams and Photoshop editing and i will try to upload the document on Moodle.
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