Experimenting with different lighting 

I carried out a photo shoot, dedicated to different lighting techniques which were explained in my previous blog post.

The lighting techniques i carried out in this photo shoot were..

• One point lighting
• Two point lighting
• Three point lighting
• Ring lighting

 

Plan

When carrying out this shoot, i decided that i wanted to explore different angles with all the lighting techniques i was going to explore.

One point lighting- When exploring one point lighting i wanted to angle the one light used correctly on the models face so that there was a slight chiaroscuro effect created. I aim to have the model use different head angles during this shoot.

Two point lighting- When carrying out the two point lighting shoot, i plan to have one of each light slighting in front/ to the side of the model in order for the image to have an even lighting on the skin. I will have the model looking directly to the camera.

Three point lighting- When conducting the three point lighting shoot, i will have a light directly in front of the model, and one either side of the model being slighting in front of her. This will provide enough lighting so that the model is fully lighten.

Ring light- When using the ring light for a shoot i plan to have it directly in front of the model in order to create a slight shadowing behind her on the plain white background.

Contact sheets

One point lighting 

 

Two point lighting

 

Three point lighting

 

 

Ring light 

Best outcomes

Analyzing and editing

Technical 

For this image i used a shutter speed of 1/60 seconds and the ISO was at 6400. These two setting helped me get the perfectly exposed image. In this image i used one lighting source which was a soft box and this was places on the left hand side of the model in order to create a soft shadowing on one side on the face.

Visual 

I think this image is a visually good image. I like the way that the model is a little of center and that there are no unnecessary background props. Due to my aim being to capture the shadowing on one side of the models face, i used a plain black backdrop so that the shadowing blended in with the background.

 

Technical 

For this image i used a shutter speed of 1/60 seconds and the ISO was at 6400.  Using these setting helped to get the picture perfectly exposed. In this image i used one lighting source which was a ring light which was placed directly in front of the models face. I also used a plain white background in order to create a shadowing from the model behind.

Visual 

I think this image is visually good as i really like the position that the model is in, as well as her being directly in the middle of the image. Due to my aim being to create a slight shadowing behind the model, i used a plain white background in order to create this.