Natural Light Portraiture! – March 15th Competition | Blackwood Photographic Club of South Australia Inc.

Natural Light Portraiture! – March 15th Competition

Look At Me – Bruce Nankivell

In the Pink – Eric Budworth

Natural light portraiture, always a challenge and especially so in low light. For this competition we were fortunate to have plenty of images to admire for their ability to largely overcome the natural light challenges. These mixed with a yet again impressive array of open category photographs to admire including some members who stretched the creative boundaries with some experimentation.

Impressionist – Heather Connolly

The definition given to us for Natural Light Portraiture was: ‘No studio set-ups here, nor use of any form of man-made light source. It’s all about using natural light to produce portraits. Whether it’s outside during the day or using daylight coming through a window or even moonlight, you need to use the natural light available to illuminate your subject.’

Our judge for the evening was Peter Phillips from the Edwardstown Photography Club who once again provided us with much valued feedback and well considered advice. There was something to learn for everyone.

He spoke of such things as:

Less is more, fill the lens.
Flat lighting is a photographer’s challenge but use luminance in Lightroom to assist.
Avoid front focussed direct light on subject.
It is critical for the portrait to be sharp but be careful not to oversharpen.
Black and white images require good tonal range.
Numerous comments on the importance of space in the composition.
He encouraged members to continue experimenting with such areas as abstract images.

Another enjoyable evening with plenty of good images to study.