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Published: 2014-11-13 10:27:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 36102; Favourites: 1018; Downloads: 0
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Description I have an obsession for dimly lit photos, but I'm afraid this isn't something that a lot of people share. To fully appreciate a picture like this maybe you'd have to watch it in a dark room against a black background. But most people just think of it as a photo with poor lighting.
Do you know how the old masters of painting were teaching how to draw linear perspective? They used a grid were the student had to look through so he could see how it plays out when you bring 3D to 2D (see picture below). This technique is still used today in art classes but nowadays they often take a glass plate where you can directly paint onto the glass.
To appreciate photography beyond image quality you have to use this same technique the other way around: Don't look at the photo, look through the photo like it were a painting on a glass plate. Imagine you were looking through the glass at the model who's still there on the other side. If you're only seeing poor image quality that's because you're not looking into the other world on the other side, instead you look at the dust on the glass.



Erotic art made with respect
Thanks to Mia Solis (model)


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Comments: 27

kiechow [2015-06-12 13:01:40 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful.

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GogglesPaisano [2015-03-30 19:10:41 +0000 UTC]

Awesome

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cadams7173 [2014-12-06 23:53:02 +0000 UTC]

Another great Mia shot! 

I love the choreography of this shot.  She seems like a model who is easy to pose.  This shot is marvelous.  Love the effect it creates! 

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LadyNyght [2014-11-21 04:18:46 +0000 UTC]

I actually enjoyed this one, I think the lighting works but that didn't even cross my mind till I read your comments. I was more enjoying the difference in the model and her reflection and that the window frame shadow is just cool looking. 

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MiguelRosa [2014-11-16 11:35:24 +0000 UTC]

The window shadow seems to be her own shadown Like she represents some mystic symbol. I like the slight noise in the photo. And wonderful light.

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DjFuZion [2014-11-16 00:58:47 +0000 UTC]

Wpwwwwww... At first, I couldn't quite get the blurred Mia to the right. Didn't take too long to click & the image just popped out at me. Great work!

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andreasD700 [2014-11-14 10:15:35 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful job my dear!!! I love dimly lit photos with the proper amount of light as this one!!

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Jan-K-Fotografie [2014-11-14 04:34:49 +0000 UTC]

Grandiose!

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UDtheAesir [2014-11-13 19:48:11 +0000 UTC]

Love it!

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cristianorobertolino [2014-11-13 18:42:34 +0000 UTC]

I also like that type of photos, with multiple light sources. But since I never used stereo vision (depth of feild, due to the bad angle of eyes), I see real world through perspective, so pictures are not much different.

I remember in art class in school, while teaching perspective drawing, they used all sorts of tools in order to reflect 3D on 2D. I always had perfect score in it, and never used any tools to learn, because that comes naturaly for me since birth. However, when using paint, I always destroyed my drawings, to the point when one day, teacher told me: "Don't paint, just use shading" (because I always loved to use shading technique, and always done that, far before that technique was in class).

I never learned to paint well .

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Pandaforge [2014-11-13 17:51:01 +0000 UTC]

I looked her face and felt something weird.. Then I realized that it was a mirror... LoL

Guess I'm admiring Mia for a long time ... ^_^

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Kitsuchan59 [2014-11-13 15:48:52 +0000 UTC]

No, no, no!  Your lighting is superb, especially with mixing different colors of light.  People who complain are probable just looking to see a set of 'Die Mopse'.  DA has plenty of that for them.  Just ignore them.  ^_^

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salutarysalamander [2014-11-13 15:00:53 +0000 UTC]

nicely designed composition

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DeusExDeviant [2014-11-13 14:23:35 +0000 UTC]

Different. Old fashioned, if you will. Her skin has an almost metallic look to it. And it's MIA for sure. Like it.

  

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gregman104 [2014-11-13 13:33:23 +0000 UTC]

poor Mia's covered in ISO grain..

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moraningtea In reply to gregman104 [2014-11-13 15:06:06 +0000 UTC]

Its intended by the artist, though.

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gregman104 In reply to moraningtea [2014-11-13 17:21:00 +0000 UTC]

I know, just unfortunate to see the result in that fashion.

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6Hammer6 [2014-11-13 13:28:45 +0000 UTC]

I thin kit's very nice.  Not all pictures should be fully lit.  It conveys the artists idea in a more natural lighting.

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phraught [2014-11-13 11:27:38 +0000 UTC]

I saw it at first as a keyhole too.   As to the lighting, Stefan has pointed out in the past that the colors can be much richer as well.

Lovely photograph, as always.

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Justforvisit [2014-11-13 11:21:23 +0000 UTC]

Damn she's pretty And for the light: I thought it's a pretty well known fact that shadows greatly benefit the bodyshape in either way o.O There are really people who don't get this? Hmmmm :/

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westcpw [2014-11-13 11:21:21 +0000 UTC]

I love this too (and Mia of course).  I  think the dimness adds to the atmosphere.  So feel free to do more of these

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bunko555 [2014-11-13 11:08:18 +0000 UTC]

My first impression was that i was looking through a keyhole. I don't know why anyone would object to dim lighting in an intimate photograph. This one is great, with Mia admiring her own reflection. Who can blame her for that?     

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SmaggTheSmug [2014-11-13 11:06:11 +0000 UTC]

Your experiments with light is why I started watching your gallery.

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Radicaun [2014-11-13 11:05:18 +0000 UTC]

People might be complaining only because of the grainy results the low lighting provides.

But I think this gives off a fascinating retro 70's magazine effect, almost as if you transported this moment back in time.

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card-us [2014-11-13 11:02:27 +0000 UTC]

it's really describe the best looking of skins... also an gorgeous mia

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Silvinx [2014-11-13 10:56:36 +0000 UTC]

People think this is a bad lit photo just because the majority of them don't know absolutely nothing about photograpy

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JohnVascoPipere [2014-11-13 10:55:57 +0000 UTC]

I think the lighting is fantastic, adds a sense mystery to the photo 

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