![]() ![]() The foreground could use an overall exposure lift, but instead of applying a blanket exposure adjustment across the bottom third of the image, I will instead use motivated lighting to accentuate and emphasize the natural light already in the image. The sun is settings low in the sky to the left of the rocks in the foreground, and is casting a soft left-to-right side light. Here's an unfinished image of mine from Death Valley, California. Using motivated lighting in landscape photography I can't light my outdoor images with truck loads of lights like Gregory Crewdson, but I can use the principle of motivated lighting to improve the realism of my photo editing and guide the dodging and burning process. And because the lights look and feel real to the audience, we don't question their authenticity. In both of these examples, artificial lights were used to simulate natural light. This is an example of motivated lighting that emulates the appearance of natural light through artificial means. ![]() The actors aren't lit by sunlight, but two hanging rigs of LED panels each matching the color temperature and brightness of daytime sunlight. The audience understands the context.īut here again, we're tricked into thinking the environment is real. We cannot see the light source, but assume the light streaming through the windows and illuminating the actor's faces must be coming from the sun because we have experience flying on airplanes. In the shot below, we see two passengers flying in an airplane. They are intentionally positioned and modified to create the impression of a man sitting in a dark office, illuminated only by a single, warm desk lamp. The additional lights and bounces are motivated by the desk lamp. Finally, a hand-held bounce behind the desk lamp to help reflect some warm light back towards the actor. There's also an edge light behind and above the actor's head to help separate them from the dark background, plus a warm side light to the right with a gobo to create the appearance of a window. The lamp's shade is facing downward, and its output is dim to keep the light from blowing out and clipping in camera (otherwise it would look like a white blob on screen). Let's now zoom out and take a look at the behind-the-scenes.įrom this angle, we can see that the desk lamp is not illuminating the actor all on its own. The scene looks and feels believable, which keeps us (the viewer) immersed in the story.īut in the world of film, nothing is ever as it seems. ![]() There is an implied connection between the two. We believe this because of where the light is positioned and the hue of his illuminated skin. To the viewer, the actor in image above appears to be lit by the desk lamp on the right side of the frame. Here's an example borrowed from the excellent Instagram account (give them a follow if you're into this kind of thing). It's a method where artificial lights augment, accentuate, or emulate the appearance of natural light. In the world of cinematography there's a common lighting technique known as motivated lighting. ![]()
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