The History of Lighting in Photography

The History of lighting
in Photography

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
TASK – 1.........................................................................................................................................3
Timeline showing an Exploration of the Lighting.......................................................................3
Development of Studio and Location..........................................................................................4
TASK – 2.........................................................................................................................................5
Different Lighting Styles.............................................................................................................5
Health and Safety Risks...............................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Correct and appropriate lighting is
the key essence of a perfect
photograph or a video. Too much
light will result in very bright
photos or videos hiding the details
involved and too little will also
make the photo or video dark and
disturbs the vibrancy and texture.
Therefore, the following report
will be exploring the process of
lighting in both internal i.e., studio
as well as external i.e., in other
locations.
MAIN BODY
TASK – 1
Timeline showing an Exploration
of the Lighting
The most essential ingredient of
photography is the lighting.
Lighting can affect or depict the
mood of the photo, create an
appropriate depth in the frame or
even highlight a subject in the
frame. The only source of lighting
in the initial days of photography
was the Sun i.e., the Sun and the
weather were the most important
factor deciding whether a photo or
a video will be rendered as it was
required or not (Jung and Inanici,
2019). This was all about the
natural lighting photography but
the first instance of artificial
lighting photography dates back in
1839 when an oxy-hydrogen light
commonly referred to as limelight
was used by L. Ibbetson.
Therefore, approaches to the
methodology of photography and
its lighting have evolved
exceptionally since it was first
used in the history of mankind.
Below is the timeline of the
history of photography whose
initiation dates back to 4th century
BC:
ERA / YEAR EVENTS THAT
TOOK PLACE
4th Century BC The concept of
‘camera obscura’ was
first explained by
Aristotle.
1826 – 1827 The first ever
preserved camera
photograph was taken
by Joseph Nicephore
Nicepce.
1835 – 1887 Celluloid Roll Films
were introduced in the
place of heavy and