Responding to Carravaggio and Tim Walker

In response to the work of Caravaggio and Tim Walker we created some of our own photos in the style of their work. We used candles to mimic the lighting effects in Caravaggio's work, and a chain of multicoloured lights to replicate Tim Walkers Style.

 
I found that the photo's in the style of Caravaggio worked quite well, however they only really work to create a specific atmosphere, which limits it's use. I liked the photos in the style of Tim Walker however I felt that the low intensity of the lights we were using made them slightly worse than what they could have been. Equally as they were only visible in an entirely blacked out room, it limits what they can be used for in the confinements of a short film or music video.

Experimenting With Lighting

We were introduced to the work of Caravaggio and Tim Walker, differing artists who both utilise light in different ways. Caravaggio is a typically more traditional artist working more with paint in the custom renaissance style, whereas Tim Walker works more with photography in a contemporary fashion.

Caravaggio:

While looking at Caravaggio we also looked at his use of Chiaroscuro, this being the treatment of light and shade in drawings and paintings, and is generally created by creating a high contrast between light and dark. There is usually an area of darkness next to an intense light source. This generally creates a more moody and eerie atmosphere to an image or picture or painting.   

Tim Walker:

Tim Walker employs the use of light in a more modern and contemporary fashion, creating seemingly unfixed light sources throughout a photograph. This is much more experimental and in Tim Walkers work, I think has been very successful. It is this experimental type of lighting I would like to incorporate more into my work.