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Lloyd Godman
Light in Photography - LIGHTING - Shadows
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In the aesthetics section we looked at how shadows can produce shapes that can either become the subject or combine with the subject to produce a larger visual element - we see this in this image of the rock.
As light is important to revealing a subject, shadows also act to describe the 3rd dimension of a subject.
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For example, in this image we see how the shadows add a sense of 3 dimensions and depth to the letter of the Derby Hotel - look how the missing letter the H lacks this depth - |
Shadows are effected by:
• the intensity of the light
• the angle and direction of the light
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light either falls directly on a surface
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obliquely across it where we see texture revealed |
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not at all and it falls into shadow |
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or they can have a shadow cast from another object -
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On a flat surface the - however with curved surfaces the light interplays
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