Workshop One – Studio 19-03-12

Kate Luke Week Six Semester One

· Simple Portrait Techniques and Activity and Assessment (Study) Schedule handed out

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· Light meters

· Set the ISO

· Reflected light – reflects off a white shirt more than a black shirt

· Point the light toward the reflection

· Ambient light – the light falling in the space

· Point toward the camera from the subject

· Spot metering – is the reading of light from something particular in a scene. Good to use for things which are a bit further away

· Light meters are a vital part of a photographers kit

· For this semester we will be using lights without soft boxes generally

· Tungsten halogen lamps 3200 watts – used in the studio

· Rembrandt style lighting and Hollywood style lighting

· Soft – Hard lighting

· Soft – even and well lit with minimal to no shadows present

· Hard – crisp with harsh shadows

· Rembrandt lighting –

· Characterised by the triangle on the cheek

· It is a dramatic style of lighting

· Not as forgiving

· Not very flattering

· Off to the side and up high with detail in the shadowed eye

· Butterfly or Hollywood lighting -

· Characterised by the butterfly under the nose

· Good for well defined cheek bones

· Hard and dramatic light

· Straight above the camera and subject straight on

This is my best example from the class of Hollywood style lighting, i think it is quite nice and i like the mood of the photo. The shadow sits perfectly underneath her nose.

This is my best example of Rembrandt lighting as this shot has detail into her eye, i like the way she is almost looking into the 'triangle' which has been created on her face.