NZPhotographer Issue 35, September 2020

The image on the right shows the effects of the
two lighting techniques – natural window light vs.
artificial diffused lamps. Note that the artificially lit
image has a golden ‘warmed up’ feel to it due to
the warm halogen bulb used in the lounge lamp.
OTHER THINGS TO TRY:
On your next supermarket run, pick up some
different types of bulbs to generate different effects.
Warm vs. cold and so on.
Try lighting the plate from different heights – I’ve
raised the croissant plate off the table and on to a
box simply to get it closer to the free-standing lamp
whose height I was unable to lower.
Try the lamps at different distances from your plate
(both diffused and not) to see the effect that has
both on lighting intensity, and on the shadows.
Note: As with most things photographic, there is no
right or wrong image, it comes down to personal
taste when shooting for yourself.
TELLING A STORY
Now we have some lighting options up our sleeve
we can look at how we might tell a story with our
images. To help illustrate a couple of key principles
here, I’ve chosen a simple-to-prepare cheese
platter as the image subject.
The platter in image 3 has been made interesting
with the inclusion of several knives, implying it’s
IMAGE 3
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