Composition of Light

We deconstructed three photographs showing the composition of light in different ways.
Top Left (Edward Hopper's painting), Middle Right (Our own reconstruction of the painting) Bottom Middle (David Bailey's photograph of man).


In the first picture, a painting by Edward Hopper, the source of lights comes from the natural light from the window. This creates shadows under and behind the woman's body and the lightest point of the photo are in direct contact with the light from the window.


We decided to recreate the lighting from this picture. In our photo the brightest areas of the photo are in direct contact with the natural lights and the darkest comes from the shadows and reflection from the girl. Other aspects we wanted to create included a silhouette figure from the girl.


We also deconstructed a photograph of the man using black and white, high contrast lighting. The source of the lighting is coming from the right side and it is likely that the photograph uses artificial lighting to create the contrast with the light and dark areas. The photograph also has a central line of dark and light contrast.