Light and dark experiments

I have done some test photographs to see how we will be able to create simular effects to the example photos below. To light the test photographs I used different lamps and torches to see what would work best. I found the best way to light the photographs was to use a spotlight lamp that you could bend so it shone where you wanted it to. I also found the photographs worked the best in rooms with dark coloured walls. This meant less light reflected and the parts of the photo i wanted to be in shadow were alot darker.