Why do we use studio lighting? – I think we use studio lighting because the lighting can create different effects and make the photo look different and unique.

What is the difference between 1-2-3 point lighting and what does each technique provide / solve? – One is the key light, two is the fill light and three is the back light. The key light provides the technique of Chiaroscuro, adding the back light dims the effect of Chiaroscuro and then adding the fill light removes all shadows.

Example:

What is fill lighting? – Fill light is used to reduce the contrast of a scene to match the dynamic range of the recording media and record the same amount of detail typically seen by eye in average lighting and considered normal.

What is spill lighting? – Spill light is the light that illuminates surfaces beyond the area intended to be illuminated.

What is Chiaroscuro ? Show examples + your own experiments – Chiaroscuro, in art, is the use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition. It is also a technical term used by artists and art historians for the use of contrasts of light to achieve a sense of volume in modelling three-dimensional objects and figures.

My example: 

Natural Lighting:

• intensity of the light –  Intensity is the brightness level of light and it brightens up your subject. For both natural light and studio light, you can modify the light source to change the intensity.
• direction of the light – The placement and width of shadows in a photograph is created by the angle between the camera and the light source. The width of the shadows increases as the direction of the light moves from the camera out to the side.
• temperature of the light and white balance – f the light in the image was Tungsten (3000K) or Daylight (5500K) they would post produce with a white balance of 2800K or 5300K respectively. Any temperature setting lower than the color temperature of the light in a scene, will yield a more blue or “cooler” image
• Using reflectors (silver / gold) – In flat lighting, a reflector can add interest or drama to the shot. Some photographers use reflectors as hair lights outdoors. Many reflectors have a black side that can be used to block out light instead of to reflect it. Reflectors are also great for bouncing a flash when there’s nothing around to bounce off of

For this project I took some models around school and posed them where there was a lot of light, so near a door or window. My white balance was on tungsten and I had quite a small aperture.

Contact Sheet:

Red – No

Orange – Maybe

Green – Yes

Final Outcomes (Unedited):

I really like the outcomes of these unedited photos but I wanted to edit them  a little to bit to enhance the photos.

Best Photo:

I chose this photo for my best image because it looks the sharpest and shows my camera skills the best.

Studio Lighting:

Rankin (John Rankin Waddell) – 

John Rankin Waddell (born 1966), also known under his working name Rankin, is a British portrait and fashion photographer and director.

Best known as the founder of Dazed and Confused magazine (along with Jefferson Hack), and for his photography of models including Kate Moss and Heidi Klum, celebrities such as Madonna and David Bowie and his portrait of Elizabeth II. His work has appeared in magazines such as GQ, Vogue and Marie Claire. In 2011 Rankin started the biannual fashion, culture and lifestyle magazine, Hunger and launched Rankin Film to produce and direct his own commercial and editorial film work.

Examples of his photography:

 

 

 

Contact Sheets:

Red – No

Orange – Maybe

Green – Yes

My Response (Final Outcomes Unedited):

For some of these photos I used coloured gels to get the red and green colour you see in the photos. I also used one light on the side to create the Chiaroscuro effect. I also used two lights with a trigger flash on the camera to create full body photos.

Best Photo:

I think this is my best image because the chiaroscuro looks really effective and the image is very sharp and well exposed. It also has a really good white balance.

Flash Photography:

As I didn’t take many with flash, I only have a few good photos. I used two studio lights and a trigger flash on my camera to get these images.  I hope next time I can take more photos with flash as I liked the outcome of these few photos. Most of the images were too over exposed as I was adjusting the settings and testing out the trigger flash.

Contact Sheet:

 

Best Image:

I chose this photo because it has better exposure and looks sharper and better than the other photo I took.

Conclusion:

Overall I am very happy with how these three best images turned out. I think it shows my camera skills very well and shows that I can work a camera well also. I really like studio photography as I want to look further into fashion photography so this really helped with what I would like to do in the future.