Studio photography 1- high key, low key lighting. back light, top light, 45X45

Here are my examples of high key, low key, backlight and top light that i have shot in the studio

 Examples of hight key photography. with this shot i had used a different whitebalance to the others and continued to take more high key shots with this being corrected.

Here the lighting that has been used is 3 softbox lights (both with fluorescent light bulbs) one below the graduating table and two at above on the left and right of the table directed at the object.

I like the effect of the lighting on the graduating table bringing the eye into focus on the subject in the middle. This to me has a slight commercial look.

The same lighting but at a different angle, i like the perspective view of this angle.

Again, the same high key lighting but at a different angle and i moved  in a little closer. i like the detail and light reflection on this image.

Another image that was produced from the high key lighting which i can also relate to commercial photography. I like the symmetry that runs through the this image due to the lighting.

Above is the lighting set up used for my high key lighting.

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Above is an example photograph demonstrating top light, lighting using a soft box.

 
One above and the one below are examples of low key lighting. using a black cloth on the graduating product table to hide any shadows. the lighting set up used (below) is  a Bowen flash head on a stand.
The lighting that i have used above is just an LED flash light and which has been applied using the 'painting with light' technique. This technique i have that found gives an over all matt effect on shinier objetcs. As you can see with just the bare Bowen flash light (below) the light reflecting of the pepper is a lot harsher.

Above and Below are examples of back lighting  using a soft box (with a fuorescent light bulb) one around the back of the graduating product table and one undernieth. I like this effect on the product and think it would also be a good technique for commercial product photography resulting in a clean cut image and a clean cut graduating reflection.

Location photography 1- continued..

Here are some examples of objects being photographed under fluorescent, incandescent, sodium (streetlight) and halogen/tungsten lighting (site lamp/work lamp)

(above) implies the subject being photographed under a incandesent light. This type of lighting gives a slight warm and cosy effect to your photographs. an example of this lighting below

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This is an example of fluorescent lighting on the underground London. This lighting effect is quite bright and raw effect to your photographs everything is illuminated. an example of the fluorescent bulb is below.

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(above) another example of fluorescent lighting in the underground London. The effect of this fluorescent lighting has given the photograph a slight yellow tinge.

This is an example of halogen/tungsten lighting, depending on the plastic cover of the halogen lighting ( in this case a red cover) will result in what effect you may acheive in your photograph. the naked bulb (as seen below) without a plastic cover is quite a bright light and gives the same effect of the first picture on the underground London.

Another example of fluorescent lighting at night. The light being quite a bright one i think it works well for outside night photography.

Here is a photograph demonstrating sodium light (street light) this lighting at night is gives quite a strong yellow tinge to your photographs, i find it works well and looks quite good in a secluded area at night with just the street light to illuminate your object or subject, with no other interfearing light sources. An example is below along a sodium light bulb example.

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Camera / lens Technique - 1,2 3 and 4

Here is some of my photography work that shows shallow depth of feild, the Drop focus technique, wide  tele photo lens examples, high shutter speed and slow shutter speed for motion blur effects.

All three photographs below are demonstrating shallow depth of field.

The two images below demonstrate the drop focus technique.

 (below) My exampleof slow shutter speed producing light trails. This picture being taken at night i had to rest it on a wall for the long shutterspeed due to not having my tripod handy.

(above) an example of a fast shutter speed demonstrating motion blur.

Here is an example of a photograph at normal eye view on a standard 50mm lens

And here is the view of a wide angle lens, sat in the same place and the same distance away from the object.

Digital darkroom - 2

Here are examples of writing a caption in lightroom.

Digital Darkroom -. 3

Here are three examples of one image that has had cool, gray and warm aplied by sliding the white balance slider in Lightroom.

This is the gray scale photograph.

This is the cool photograph.

And this is the warm photograph i have produced.

INDIPENDANT RESEARCH camera/lens technique

Some research that demonstrates shallow depth of field, drop focus technique, what a wide angle image looks like in comparason to a normal image. What a wide and tele photo image looks like and the lenses and lastly demonstation of  high shutter speed image (to freeze action) and slow shutter speed for motion blur effects. 

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Here is an image demonstrating shallow depth of feild. Basicly where the main subject of interest is enhanced throwing other elements out of focus.

shallow depth of field is used quite allot in commercial photography such as food, accesories, fashion etc. I imagine the reason for this being the actual product standing out more to the buyer it being in focus and the its surrounding out of focus.

Here are a few pointers on depth field technique what helped me understand the concept a bit better.

You choose the depth of field.

Choosing the amount of depth of field is key in photography. When shooting a landscape, for example, you'll want as much of the photograph as possible to be in sharp focus, so a large depth of field is required, as in the upper illustration in the figure below. In other situations, as in taking a portrait, a shallower area of sharp focus will separate your subject from distracting backgrounds, as in the lower diagram.

Illustration of DOF, showing large depth of field, upper diagram and shallow depth of field, lower diagram.

There are three factors which control the depth of field in a photograph:

Here are two examples of the difference of a telephoto lense and a normal standard lense.

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Example: Normal Lens (50mm f/1.4)

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Example: Wide Angle Lens (24mm  f/2.8)

Here are two examples of images shot at a high shutter speed to freeze action and a low shutter speed to create light trails or to create movement.

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Slow shutter speed for motion blur effects.

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And a fast shutter speed to freeze action.

studio perfume bottle

This is work done in the studio with controlled lighting, this image displays a product being bottom lit with

here the lighting used throughout is flouresent with a sofbox. a peice of card has been used to flag to help pick the detail out on the lid of the perfume bottle.

here a soft box has been used for the top and bottom, of the product table.

here (below and above) shows that the lighting is not ideal for the commercial photography hiding a lot of the detail and the product name which is most important.

here a soft box being used to illuminate the purfume bottle from underneith.

Again as you can see the lighting here is not ideal for a commercial photography.

(above and below)  a softbox flouresent light has been used below and behind the product table, picking up slightly more detail on the perfume bottle

The four images above displayed different lighting angles of the product being lit up. All of which did not turn out as the perfect lighting for clean cut commercial photograph of the product.

The last picture is the best out of the selection, but would cross the line of commercial lifestyle photography. It isn't the ideal lighting for commercial photograph but dose demonstate that natural lighting can be used for commercial photography.