Chiaroscuro is an artistic technique, developed during the Renaissance, that uses strong tonal contrasts between light and dark to model three-dimensional forms, often to dramatic effect. It is one of the four canonical painting modes of Renaissance art (alongside cangiante, sfumato, and unione).
The underlying principle is that solidity of form is best achieved by the light falling against it. Artists known for developing the technique include Leonardo da Vinci, Caravaggio, and Rembrandt. It is a mainstay of black and white and low-key photography.
First time I know about Chiaroscuro is when a friend of mine write about it on his blog about a lighting technic in photography many years ago, cant remember when.
Since then, Chiaroscuro is my favourite technique for my work, especially on my other photography practice, street photography.
I love how we can use the minimal light source to make such an impact in the photo we produced.
Since today is the first day after almost two years of 'melepak', I decided to practice more on this technic.
Using the 2005 Ricoh GR Digital compact camera, We shoot along Central Market to Petaling Street and back..
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