Lighting

Question 1

What is incident light?

Answer 1

Is the light that falls on a subject. It can be from natural lighting, artificial lighting source or can be reflecting off another surface

Question 2

What is reflected light?

Answer 2

Reflected light is light that reflects off the subject.

Question 3

What is specular reflection?

Answer 3

Light that reflects off a smooth surface

Question 4

What is diffuse reflection?

Answer 4

Light that reflects off a rough surface

Question 5

Hard/ Direct light

Answer 5

High contrast between highlight and shadows producing very sharp defined shadows and edges.

Question 6

Soft/ Diffuse light

Answer 6

Low contrast, softening light and dark areas producing mild shadows and soft edges more of a gradient between shadows and highlights

Question 7

High key lighting

Answer 7

Bright lighting to reduce or completely blow out dark shadows in the image

Question 8

Low key lighting

Answer 8

Shooting dark-coloured scenes, and emphasizing natural or artificial light only on specific areas in the frame

Question 9

Back lighting

Answer 9

Positioning the main light source for a photograph beside the primary source

Question 10

Rim lighting

Answer 10

Behind subject that exposes the outline or rim of the subject with light, creating mysterious effect

Question 11

Contre-jour lighting

Answer 11

Strong backlighting to alter the appearance of our subject in an eye-catching way