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For my course i need to photograph something in 6 different light sources.I have tried a face but I reckon there are other stuffs I can use

I want to photograph something interesting that is easy to come across and practical. Also I don't fully understand "low-raking light".
Help pls guys

Need to use the following light conditions: -

daylight
artificial light from a bulb
flash light
backlighting
sidelight
low-raking light
 
Sunlight, Moonlight, Light from a torch, halogen spotlight, a laptop/tv screen, candlelight, firelight, UV light, fairylights, LED light, Floodlights, Headlights,

Wrote the list and then worked out yu don;t need types of light!

Does this help with the raking light Q?

http://greatshroudofturinfaq.com/Definitions/raking.html
 
how about a white piece of paper? It would illustrate the principles of the assignment.

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if i have it right low raking light sould be somthing like do a drawing on a piece of paper with another underneath it .
Ensure you press hard on paper, then using the paper underneath shine a light across it so you get shadow forming in the indentations of the paper thus you should get a image of some sort ...
basicly photo of shadows
well thats my interpitation of it ,unless some one else know different
 
It's a bit strange... The low-raking light part lends itself to a totally different subject to the others!
Apart from the low-raking bit, I would have said a face would be ideal actually, since I'm guessing the asignment is to explore the different qualities of light, their relative colours, hardness and the type of shadows they produce.

Could you stretch the definition of low-raking to include a low sun? Some 'golden hour' portraits would be a sensible thing to include in a section on light conditions.
 
How about a tree or a large shrub, then use a angle-poise lamp to get the various lighting angles required (apart from daylight and flash, obviously!)

You would then get the different angles and shapes as the light cuts through the branches/leaves... the complex 3-dimensional shape would clearly change with the different lighting.

To emphasise the beams of low-raking light (which is what is says on the tin - low and raking...), use some smoke (or get very lucky with dawn mist!)
 
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