studio photography sam

Trying out different lighting on a subjects face. what angles of light to use and what shadows are cast. learning outcomes, what type of light gives sertain effects depending on your style of photograph and what light is complementing.

here is the result of 45 45 degree lighting with two soft boxes

in result the effect highlights one side of the subjects face and the soft box on the left hand side softens the shadow on the left hand side.

set up of the soft box lighting.

a more filled frame of the first photograph. you can see in detail what places the shadow is hitting and what places the light is illuminating.

here is a set up using the white reflector board to the left and one soft box to the right.

in result the shadow is not as harsh on the left hand side and gives an over all softer effect on the face. there is still a faint shadow visable, but no were near as harsh.

here there is  a set up that involves having on soft box lit up and placed behind the subject. the subject is obviously way to dark and not alot of detail is visable. this type of lighting isn't very complementing. but could be used for artistic photography. a little like Caravaggios's lighting in his paintings.

(above) an example of the lighting set up. two soft boxes both with light defusers one swiched of to the front right of the subject and one lit up at the back left of the subject. and a white board reflector to the left of the subject dead on her side.

Here is the lighting set up for the image below there are two soft box lights both with light defusers both switched on with a white board reflector to the side of the subject.

in result the image has allot more illumination in places it didn't have before. The shadow is also slightly more faint and the hair is alot brighter in this potrait photograph than the second potrait photograph up from this one.

the lighting set up above: two softbox lights with diffusers. one to the left of the subject switched on and one infront of the subject but raised facing the subject.

the same lighting set up above but with the soft box the the left of the subject switched of.

as you can see the face of the subject is lit up quite well, but the hair is slightly too dark under the chin area and neck area have to much shadow aswell. with the soft box  being above the head and the subject looking up directly at it, there are less places for the shadows to hide.

Above a set up that includes two soft boxes each with a diffuser this time a white reflector board that is being placed on the sujects lap. the top light box is switched on facing the subject. while at this stage the soft box to the left of the subject remains switched of .

here you can see that the subjects face is still illuminated quite well. The white reflector board has improved the shadow unernieth the chin and neck area by making the shadow less harsh. The hair is still slightly too dark in areas.

The lighting set up is being changed the top softbox above the subject still remains in place as dose the white reflector board. the soft box to the left of the subject has been removed and being placed behind instead and is switched on.

The result is that the subjects profile photograph is allot brighter all around a very faint shadow still cast around the neck and face area alot less visable from all the previous images. The hair is also iluminated alot more.

 here an image where the shadow is slightly more faint than the above over all these two photograps and the lighting set up that goes with them works in favour to make the subjects features alot more softer. In conclusion the more light used in an area the less likely it is for shadows to hide, there for any sharp lines  are softened.

objects1 EXAMPLES OF MY MACRO

Here are a few macro shots i have taken and minipulated,

these two images (below and above) are of tiny little berries covered in little plastic balls about 1cm in diamiter. i love the effect these macro shots give the berries, the clear plastic looks like water droplets were in focus. The photograph below i have changed the amount in vignettes. This i think has benifited the photograph and given it a sertain atmosphere, quite a cold, icy and wintery look. Which in my opinion works well with the warm red and the droplets which could be frozen.

(Below) a range of crystal and glasses i have experimented with macro shooting with an open flame candlelight.

(Above) some amathist/rose quarts crystal. The deatail in the crystal is what i love about it. the layers and lines are in focus in the crystal and different purple and pink tones that are reflecting.

(Above) a red glass candle holder. I have discovered the different effects with a candle light being penatrated thru different glass and crystal and love how the candle light with this glass is highlighting sertain parts of the glass. what i like about this shot is how the focus point has caught the detail of the light on the sharp edges of the peices of glass and the fore ground ( front of the candle holder) is out of focus. the background copletely blacked out drawing the eye even more so to the focal point.

(Above) The main element of this photograph what i like is the differnt textures visable when shot with a macro lense. There is gritty, matt and shiny reflective surfaces with this crystal. this macro shot bring all those aspects out.

(Above) another shot of the candle holder from a different angle. this time there is slightly more in focus and its more apparent that there is light being shone through. Again the detail and colour in this photograph i like. Especially how each individual peice of glass has been illuminated and become more transparent.

(Above) Probably my favourite macro shot from the selection. The depth of feild and focal point is in my opinion just right. an interesting flower upon a bouquet i never noticed in my house before. excellent opertunity. the more i look upon this macro shot the more detail i see in this flower. The different textures   work really well together in such detail all the tiny hairs visable and the uniquie ins and outs of the stigma.

Here there are six macro shots i have taken of a little cherub ornament. I love these photographs as a series and on their own idividualy. Each one has its own atmosphere.

With this series of photographs i love the tone and colour, the white balance which  i have used has created the right effect i wanted, which is a cool dreamy effect. the feathering done by the macro lense adds to this effect.

There are another series of macro photographs i have taken which you will find in my course folder. i have decided to but them in a hand made scetch book. i have chosen to do this to create a background that matches the particular theme of the shots.