ART- Drawing, Painting, and Photography - The Artist's Handbook

For my final post I wanted to focus on lighting. Lighting is very important for a picture as it gives the photo certain emotion and feeling towards it, and besides what is a picture if you cant even see what the photo is of.

IOS 800

For a Canon EOS Rebel T5 I found that when working with lighting the aperture comes in to play (in which was discussed in my last post). Although this does affect the picture  the IOS of your manual setting does as well. Your camera's IOS scale goes from auto to 6400. As you go higher up the scale the pictures become a lot brighter so when in certain situations, adjusting this to your setting is fairly helpful. Especially when you have a specific layout for what you what that photo to look like. Like Smith says "the type of lighting in which a photo is viewed has a great influence on its appearance."



IOS 1600



For this photo taken I had used it for my last post to show how aperture can effect physical appearance of the photo. With this post I hope to show the IOS and lighting of a camera, with an everyday object because "all good art prompts the viewers to look again at everyday objects and event with a new focus and a new perception" (Smith 322)

To me having the ability to control the way your viewers see things is a game changer. To be able to tell a story with a single picture or even artwork coming from your own perspective. Not only does this help me grow as an artist but as a person when learning new skills that can later benefit me. 

What has helped you grow with new skills and knowledge?

In what ways do you think lighting can affect the "backstory/deeper meaning" of the picture?