Why do we use studio lighting? Studio lighting is an essential addition to most photographers’ arsenal. It allows us to create natural lighting effects in a variety of situations, and is far more controllable than a flashgun. And, with so many options available nowadays, it doesn’t have to be confined to a studio

One- point lighting only involves one light and this would be the key light. This light has the most influence on how the lighting and photo turns out. Two-point lighting involves  two opposing directions with the light sources are 180 degrees apart. Three-point lighting involves three lights called the key light, fill light and back light.

In television, film, stage, or photographic lighting, a fill light may be 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.

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

TAKING PHOTOS IN THE STUDIO– one point lighting and trying out Chiaroscuro

Procedure- For all my photos I only used one light as this photo shoot is focused on using one point lighting. I also experimented with a red and blue filter over the light to try create different coloured shadows. I got my models to either face left or right which created that dark shadow on only one side of their face. I also only had the light on the right side of the studio room so that the light would only beam and reflect on one side. I made sure my settings were on a high shutter speed to make the photos not turn out blurry.

Overall, I like how all of my images turned out because I got to use only one light and I created the shadow on one side of my models face which is what I wanted to achieve.

Here are some of my favourite and edited photos;