In this photoshoot I experimented with soft box lighting and flash lighting. I used a transmitter to set off the box lights at the same time as the shutter speed to create an intense contrast between light and dark.

ISO=100

Exposure set manually

Shutter speed=1/125

Aperture=f/16

Experimenting with lighting photoshoot

The images highlighted in red are my least successful images because they are slightly out of focus, making them blurry. One is also underexposed which makes it too dark, preventing any visual contrast of light and dark.

The photographs highlighted in green are most successful because they are not too over or under exposed and create a clear, strong contrast between light and dark.

Photoshop development

I wanted to keep the tones and colours in the image similar but slightly cooler, however I increased the contrast in order to create a stronger juxtaposition between light and dark and then cropped the image to get rid of excess background that I didn’t want in my final photo.