Direction: Where the light is coming from
Intensity: How bright is each light source
Color: what color is your light
Contrast: Is the transition from the highlights to the shadows subtle/sudden

Hardness: how/what do the shadows look like 

Fill Light - Lighten shadows and control Contrast and Lighting Ratio.
Key light (main light) - The key light can determine the mood.
Hair light - An accent light presumably limit to the top of the head.
Background light - Separates subject from background.
Shadowless -power of shadows is to reveal and hide/conceal.
Hard Light - A small, direct, usually focusable source, with or without lens, that produces strong High-lights and dark shadows.
Soft light - Diffused bounced, indirect; opposite of hard light.
Grey card - A matte (18%') reflected card.
Reflection - Out of control reflections can hurt your image or controlled ones can enrich it.
Diffuser - Reduce contrast and increase beam angle.
Intensity - The strength of the incident light independent of subject reflectivity.
3:1 lighting ratio - occurs when the light lacks compatibility between two light sources is one and a half f-stops.

The Five Basic Technique

Butterfly - 
1. shadow underneath her nose and chin
2. To use as a beauty light
3. One light
Loop -
1. creates a "loop" shadow, small shadow on the cheeks
2. to give highlights to your face
3. One light
Rembrandt -
1.  a triangle on her cheek
2. Dramatic effect
3. One light source
Split - 
1. Splits her face
2. Dramatic effect
3. One light source
Broad and short - 
1. broad is when more of the face is lit, short when less of the face is lit
2. eliminating glass wear
3. One light

Flash Photography Basic Concepts

• Every flash photograph is two exposure in one.
• Ambient light exposure and a flash exposure. 
• Fill flash can be used when the subject is back lit or side lit to eliminate silhouettes or shadows. 
• Flash exposure is not affective by shutter speed.
• settings Aperture and ISO will not increase the shutter. 
• Flash illumination is dramatically affected by distance. 
• Your camera measures ambient light and flash illuminations separately.
• With automatic flash metering, the flash illumination is measured after the shutter button is pressed, and the flash output is adjusted accordingly. 
• Every SLR camera with a mechanical shutter box has a maximum flash sync shutter speed.
• Harsh lighting washed out subjects and red eye can be elminated by using diffusers and light bouncing 
• It is possible to change the order of when the flash fires using "rear curtain sync". 
• Removing the flash from the top of the camera helps eliminate red eye and unflattering shadows. 

Year in Photos: 2015

AP Photos

1. Photojournalism.

2. Looks a little like rule of thirds.

3. - The light sourced used is the outside sunlight.

- Natural, because the lighting looks almost all consistent throughout.

- The photographer used the lighting as a little dim which makes it look sad. 

4. The photographer would have to catch this scene before anyone caught him/her and before anyone else crowded the scene. 

TIME Photo

1. Photojournalism.

2. This photo can be classified as contrast or as simplicity because how it is kind of in focus on the little girl.

3. - The photographer used the hospital light as a source. 

- Artificial because the lights in the hospital are dim and causes the photo to look somewhat dark.

- The photographer brought out the contrast in the little girl with the lighting.

4. The photographer had to catch the girl off guard and captures how she's feeling lost. 

             National Geohraphic

1. Photojournalism. 

2. This photo composition rule is rule of thirds.

3. - The light source is the sun.

- It is a natural lighting because if it was flash the subject would show more light on the content. 

- The photographer enchanted the colors of the photo with the lighting and gives it a harsh look.

4. The photographer would have to catch the boy walking unnoticed. 

Reuters Photo

1. Photojournalism.

2. the rule of composition could be rhythm with the constant of colors.

3. - it is mixed flash and sunlight, the photo kind of looks framed like how the flash does.

They enhanced it by giving it a dim and framed look to look sad.

4. The photographer had to have access to get this shot. 

Buzzfeed

1. photojournalism.

2. Rule of composition is simplicity.

3. the light source is the sun and flash

It is mixed because in the photo there are no shadows from the sun coming on in a certain direction.

The photographer caught his subjects in this light.

4. the photographer had to be quick to catch this photo in action.

Twisted Sifter

1. landscape.

2. rule of composition is rule of thirds.

3. the light source is the sun.

it is a natural light source because using a flash could defeat the photo.

The photographer caught a natural lighting.

4. the photographer had to get at a certain angel to catch this.

Getty images

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1. photojournalism

2. rule of composition patterns/rhythm 

3. there was no light source besides the outside light.

the flash would be too powerful.

the photographer had dark lighting which brought out the fireworks.

4. the photographer had to be steady and have a fast shutter speed but god lighting 

Spring Challenge

1. Creative portrait ideas: how to use EL-Wire for coloured flame effects
2.

3. A camera, a tri-pod

4. -get my EL-Wire

-find a dark spooky place.

-set where i was my subject to be set the lights and move them 

-set a long exposure 

5. - low ISO 

6. in lightroom i could turn the contrast up to make the colors and the shape of my subject.