Narative Theory

For GS we had to read an exert from a book on Narrative Theory. For me, what was largely the most helpful part was the section about lighting. For me, I do enough photography that I've given a large amount of thought to the angles at which things are shown. However, because I have always been working in a very casual, and minimal, setting, I have yet to really experiment with light. As such, this section which explained the different ways to use light to your advantage when working with any medium was incredibly helpful. For example, the use of a darkly lit surrounding and a slight outline lighting on two people to suggest that there is a romantic setting had never occurred to me. After reading this article, I want to use my next few rolls of film to try out a bunch of different things with a flashlight or some such to see how I can use light to my advantage without having to be shooting on a large set-up.