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using the lighting studio

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Once you have been instructed on how to use the lighting studio safely and respectfully, you will be able to use the studio during lesson times or in study periods. You must book the facility in advance via one of your teachers JAC / MM / MVT.

You must always leave the studio in a clean and tidy, safe manner. All equipment must be switched off and packed away. Any damage must be reported and logged.

Portrait Studio Shoot

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Typical Studio set up with continous lighting (soft box diffuser) and white infinity screen

Types of lighting available

  • Continous lighting (spot / flood)
  • Flash head
  • Soft box
  • Reflectors and coloured gels
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Chiarascuro effects and single point lighting
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Still Life Photography and using the product table / copy stand

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Product table set-up, with back light and infinity screen
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Copy-stand set up

Still-life Studio Shoot:

You can choose to photograph each object individually or group together several objects for a more complex still life arrangements.

Technical stuff

Continuous Lights – photograph objects three dimensionally

Camera setting: Manual Mode
ISO: 100
White Balance: Daylight
Aperture: F/16
Shutter: 0.5 sec to 0.8 sec (depending on reflection of each object)
Lights in room must be switched off to avoid reflections

Continuous Lights – portrait

Camera setting: Manual Mode
ISO: 100
White Balance: Daylight Shutter Speed 1/125 sec Aperture f/16

Flash Lights – photograph images, documents, books, newspapers, etc or portraits

Camera setting: Manual Mode
ISO: 100
White Balance: Daylight
Aperture: F/16
Shutter: 1/125-1/200 (depending on reflection of each object)
Flash heads set to power output: 2.0
Use pilot light for focusing

PORTRAITS

Camera settings (flash lighting)
Tripod: optional
Use transmitter on hotshoe
White balance: daylight (5000K)
ISO: 100
Exposure: Manual 1/125 shutter-speed > f/16 aperture
– check settings before shooting
Focal lenght: 105mm portrait lens

Camera settings (continuous lighting)
Tripod: recommended to avoid camera shake
Manual exposure mode
White balance: tungsten light (3200K)
ISO: 400-1600 – depending on how many light sources
Exposure: Manual 1/60-1/125 shutter-speed > f/4-f/8 aperture
– check settings before shooting
Focal lenght: 50mm portrait lens

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