Light Observation

For our Documentary Portrait, our group went to Fort Fisher, a place right on the coast. The light we were provided during the shoot was mostly natural lighting. The sun shone brightest during the early afternoon when we started. We started around 3 o'clock. The sun was so close because it was getting close to setting that Friday afternoon. The lighting was hard on the light meter. The good thing about the lighting was that we never had to create light fo the object we were photographing to be developed in the picture. The lighting also gave a very good light on some of our last photographs.


We had to make sure that we finished the pictures in time before the sun set and it was too dark to get the full scope of the picture. Natural lighting gave more realistic pictures conveying truth. With natural light we didn't have to shadows that is common with artificial lighting in photographs. The lighting from the sun was very strong and helped with the hills and putting light on the monument. We could also use the bright natural lighting for our close up and not have to deal with shadows in the photo. The lighting started to become darker when the sun sett behind the trees.