Task 2 – Portrait
On a recent visit to Amsterdam, I visited the Rijksmuseum and the Rembrandt exhibition. Rembrandt is well known for his dark portraits, with use of shadow and light on the faces – which gave rise to the photographic term of Rembrandt lighting, where half a model’s face is in shadow and half illuminated.
This was the inspiration for my Portrait.
In 1635 Rembrandt painted this portrait of ‘Man in Oriental Clothing’. This portrait has the classic use of Rembrandt playing with lighting. It floods the man’s turban and the right side of his face like a powerful studio light. The left side remains in shadow.
Paul, my classmate, kindly volunteered to be my model as he had the perfect beard.
This was my final choice of portrait photo:
The Bigger Picture 