Topic: Rembrandt Lighting (Read 905 times)

Just the stage lights at the bar. The effect comes from using a spot metering. Here is another angle, where a different light (magenta) is partially hitting the violin. Different colored lights were stationary, but both musicians and I were moving, so plenty of different outcomes. The OP shot was done at ISO 250, the second one at ISO 25,600!

Jeremy Roussak · « **Reply #10 on:** February 06, 2020, 02:10:22 pm »

Also good, but not a patch on the first.

Jeremy

Rob C · « **Reply #11 on:** February 06, 2020, 02:12:51 pm »

One way or the other, Slobodan, you are becoming far more than an "architectural street art" shooter! The trick is to keep all the talents alight.

Bravo!

Rob

Slobodan Blagojevic · « **Reply #12 on:** February 06, 2020, 04:44:41 pm »

This isn't Rembrandt lighting, but it is the same concert. I find this portrait of the lead singer and guitarist quite nice. ISO 20,000:

Eric Myrvaagnes · « **Reply #13 on:** February 06, 2020, 04:56:26 pm »

Good stuff, Slobodan.
But I don't think Rembrandt ever used Magenta spots!

petermfiore · « **Reply #14 on:** February 06, 2020, 05:02:51 pm »

Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on February 06, 2020, 04:44:41 pm

This isn't Rembrandt lighting, but it is the same concert. I find this portrait of the lead singer and guitarist quite nice. ISO 20,000:

In actuality neither was your first image, a great shot...but this is classic Rembrandt Lighting, the triangle on the cheek as the turns into the shadow.

Peter

Martin Kristiansen · « **Reply #15 on:** February 07, 2020, 12:37:50 am »

Quote from: petermfiore on February 06, 2020, 05:02:51 pm

In actuality neither was your first image, a great shot...but this is classic Rembrandt Lighting, the triangle on the cheek as the turns into the shadow.

Peter

True that. But whatever you call the lighting I like that first image.

petermfiore · « **Reply #16 on:** February 07, 2020, 05:48:39 am »

Quote from: Martin Kristiansen on February 07, 2020, 12:37:50 am

True that. But whatever you call the lighting I like that first image.

Martin,

In the first image the color is beautiful, I agree and I said that it is a great shot...But it's not whatever you call it. If that were the case, we could call it tent lighting. Or rim lighting. They wouldn't work. In painting and photography Rembrandt is a specific type of light, that's all I saying.

Peter

Slobodan Blagojevic · « **Reply #17 on:** February 07, 2020, 06:26:39 am »

Quote from: petermfiore on February 07, 2020, 05:48:39 am

Martin,

In the first image the color is beautiful, I agree and I said that it is a great shot...But it's not whatever you call it... In painting and photography Rembrandt is a specific type of light...

Peter, thanks for the compliments.

You are correct that in studio photography, Rembrand is a specific type of light. But Rembrandt existed before photography, so I had in mind a broader meaning of the term, more like chiaroscuro, that is characteristic of his paintings. For example, one of his many selfies:

petermfiore · « **Reply #18 on:** February 07, 2020, 06:38:53 am »

Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on February 07, 2020, 06:26:39 am

Peter, thanks for the compliments.

You are correct that in studio photography, Rembrandt is a specific type of light. But Rembrandt existed before photography, so I had in mind a broader meaning of the term, more like chiaroscuro, that is characteristic of his paintings. For example, one of his many selfies:

You are right. I should have talked a bit about this point you make. Chiaroscuro (light and shadow) is attributed to Rembrandt but It's Caravaggio and some work by Titian show this use of light. Both Caravaggio and Titian predate Rembrandt.

Peter

Martin Kristiansen · « **Reply #19 on:** February 07, 2020, 08:16:19 am »

Quote from: petermfiore on February 07, 2020, 05:48:39 am

Martin,

In the first image the color is beautiful, I agree and I said that it is a great shot...But it's not whatever you call it. If that were the case, we could call it tent lighting. Or rim lighting. They wouldn't work. In painting and photography Rembrandt is a specific type of light, that's all I saying.

Peter

I quite agree with you. I agree with the point you made about Rembrandt lighting as well but expressed myself poorly.

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