Studio - Final pics

Final 6

This is the lighting setup for split lighting. I had a strobe light to the right side of my model so it would light up the right side of her face leaving the left side of her face with no light.

In these two pictures I have used split lighting. I chose to do split lighting as I wrote about it in my studio technique and lighting set ups and I liked the way it looked and wanted to try it out. I put a strobe light to the right side of the model so it lights up the right side of her face where as the left side of her face is dark. My model is sat on a chair. On the first picture I haven't used Photoshop or done anything to the photo where as on the second picture I have used Photoshop. For the second photo I first cropped the photo down as you could see the background so I wanted to cut that out. I then changed the brightness and exposure and made them lower so the picture looks darker.  I then changed the colour balance and added more pink and red into the photo as the photo had too much yellow and green in it as you can see by looking at the first photo.  I like the second photo more than the first because I have put more work into that and it looks better.  

This is the lighting setup I used to create Rembrandt lighting.  It was quite hard as my model had to keep turning her head until I could see the looping effect next to the models face. I used a strobe light with an umbrella attached to it so I could get the loop lighting effect.

For this picture I have used Rembrandt lighting I had a light with an umbrella reflector placed to the left side of my model. I took quite a few pictures trying to get the hooping effect next to the models nose. I used Photoshop on this picture and I changed the levels to darker the picture up a bit so the hooping effect next to the models nose would stand out more. I like this picture because I like how the left side of the modes face is light up and more lighter then the right side of her face as there's more of a shadow.



For this picture I also used Rembrandt lighting the lighting set up was exactly the same except my models face is more straight forward compared to the other picture its slightly turned and her heads more up plus she decided to crack a smile. For this picture I decided to have it black and white to bring out more of the shadows and to make them stand out more. I used Photoshop on this picture and made it black and white and made the photo darker changing the levels.






For these two pictures I have chose I actually had no light what so ever in the studio I was just using the flash on the camera as I wanted to try something different see how my pictures would turn out. For both of these pictures I have used Photoshop. For the left picture I just changed the levels to darker the picture and bring out the shadow more that's on her right side and I cropped the photo. I like how the background turned out on the picture as the top of it is a light blue where as the bottom is a darker blue. I like how in both pictures her cheek bones stand out and look really nice. For the picture on the right I used Photoshop  to change it to black and white I changed the levels as well which brought out the shadow more and her cheek bones and I cropped the photo. For these photos there was nothing specific I wanted my model to do I just wanted her to have some fun.

 

For this picture I had a soft box to the right side of my model which is why there is a slight shadow on the right side of the face. For this picture I ripped out the top half of someone's face and made my model hold it to make it look like it was part of her face. I used Photoshop to crop and make the photo black and white so the shadows wouldn't stand out as much. I like this picture as the ripped out magazine part blends in with her face nicely. If I was to take the picture again I would move the strobe light so it wouldn't create a shadow on the models face.

Studio 1

Research Into Other Photographers.


Gregory Heisler 

"Gregory Heisler (born 1954) is a professional photographer known for his evocative portrait work often found on the cover of magazines, such as Time, for which he has produced a number of Man, Person, and People of the Year covers. In September 2009 Gregory Heisler took a position as Artist-in-Residence at the Hallmark Institute of Photography in Turners Falls, Massachusetts. He acted as a teacher and liaison between the students and world of professional photography, expanding their present curriculum, and providing the students with necessary skills and techniques the school did not previously teach."

"Heisler has now joined the Multimedia Photography & Design program at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University as a distinguished professor of photography, according to an announcement by the NPPA on April 25, 2014."

This picture is of a famous actor called Alfredo James. The picture is of him stood in front of a plain wall. Alfredo is stood in a  black suit with a light background which makes him stand out.  I don't know who Alfredo is so im guessing this picture was taken quite recently about 2009/2010. The picture is a portrait image. There is no colour in the picture as its black and white which brings out the light and dark tones in the picture. The two black bold lines either side of him makes him stand out more as he would be the focal point of the image. Alfredo is stood directly in the centre of the image. I think the photographer does not capture a special/particular moment in time.

John Rankin Waddell

"John Waddell was born in 1966 and is a British portrait and fashion photographer. In December 2000 Rankin launched his own quarterly fashion magazine, RANK. Rankin has  also done campaigns for the charitable organisation Women's Aid, providing photographs for use in the What's it going to take? and Valentine's Day campaigns. In April 2009 Rankin created Annroy, a contemporary structure designed by Trevor Horne Architects that is home to Rankin’s own state-of-the-art photographic studio, gallery and living space, where he lives with his wife and model Tuuli Shipster. Each month ‘’Annroy’’ holds a different exhibition, which features some of Rankin’s current work."

In this photo is a woman holding 2 skulls and balancing the other 3 so they go around her head. The skulls all have bright colours on them. All the skulls have different colours on them. The paint on the skulls looks like its been thrown onto the skulls because it has a dripping effect on them . The women looks like she has black body paint on to make the colours on all the other skulls stand out more. The focal point of the picture would be the woman's face and you directly look into the middle of all of the skulls. I like this picture because I like the different colours and how the picture stands out.

 In this photo is a women with her face turned to the right. Her fringe is covering up her right eye. Where her left eye is like a black hole, rocky effect you cant see the left eye at all. This picture could represent not to taking your eye sight for granted and to be grateful you have two eyes. The focal point of this picture would be where her left eye is meant to be. I like this picture because it is unusual and  has meaning to it.

This photo is of a women who has a golden body paint on her she has her hands on her head pushing her hair back. She has a golden rectangle thing over her mouth with chains attached to it which go around her ears and dangle down onto her chest. The focal point would be the golden bar thing across her mouth.









Craig Mcdean

"Craig Mcdean is a British fashion photographer. Craig McDean has photographed fashion campaigns for clients including Gucci, Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani, Oscar de la Renta, Yves Saint Laurent, Calvin Klein, and Estée Lauder. He began his photographic career in London as a photographer's assistant to photographer Nick Knight. His early editorial work was featured in magazines such as i-D and The Face, which led to advertising campaign work for clients such as Jil Sander and Calvin Klein, and editorial commissions with Harper's Bazaar and Vogue."

 In this picture is a women wearing black it looks like leathery bin bag material. Her hair is messy and the picture has quite a gothic emo look to it as she has black make-up and nails to.  She is holding a piece of paper which has been ripped out a magazine of the bottom half of a women's face and has it held with her fingers holding the paper at the side of her head. The picture could represent that she's putting on a fake smile for the world and that she is hurting underneath. The focal point of the picture would be her face because of the paper she's holding over her own smile.

In this picture is a women dressed in a black suit with a bow tie on. She has a white background and a black butterfly on her face which you can still see through it and see her face. A butterfly has many meanings and is a symbol of resurrection, joy, hope and new beginnings. It is a symbol of rebirth and a transformation of change which is what this person might have been trying to get across. I think the focal point of this picture would be the butterfly on her face. I like this picture I think it would of been a boring picture if it wasn't for the butterfly.








Studio Techniques and Lighting set ups.



Rembrandt Lighting

Rembrandt lighting is a lighting technique that is used in studio portrait photography. It can be achieved using one light and a reflector, or two lights, and is popular because it is capable of producing images which appear both natural and compelling with a minimum of equipment. Rembrandt lighting is characterized by an illuminated triangle under the eye of the subject on the less illuminated side of the face. It is named for the Dutch painter Rembrandt, who often used this type of lighting.


Split Lighting

Split lighting is used by lighting half of the persons face while the other half of the face is dark and practically un see able. This is achieved by moving the light to one side of the subject, keeping it at the same height level as the head. This gives a very dramatic effect.




Light Modifiers



Soft box/Light banks

A "soft box" is an enclosure around a bulb comprising reflective side and back walls and a diffusing material at the front of the light.
The sides and back of the box are lined with a bright surface - an aluminized fabric surface or an aluminum foil, to act as an efficient reflector. In some commercially available models the diffuser is removable to allow the light to be used alone as a floodlight or with an umbrella reflector.
A soft box can be used with either flash or continuous light sources such as fluorescent lamps or "hot lights" such as quartz halogen bulbs or tungsten bulbs. If soft box lights are used with "hot" light sources, the user must be sure the soft box is heat rated for the wattage of the light to which it is attached in order to avoid fire hazard.





Beauty Dish

A beauty dish is a photographic lighting device that uses a parabolic reflector to distribute light towards a focal point. The light created is between that of a direct flash and a softbox, giving the image a wrapped, contrasted look, which adds a more dramatic effect. Beauty dishes are inevitably larger than normal reflectors.






Broad Reflectors

This kind of reflector generally has a very low reflectivity factor that varies widely according to surface texture and colour. As a result, it is most commonly used to control contrast in both artificial and natural lighting, in place of a fill light or "kick" light. In this case, light "spilling" from the main ambient or key light illuminating a scene is reflected back into the scene with a varying degrees of precision and intensity, according to the chosen reflective surface and its position relative to the scene. Reflectors vary enormously in size, colour, reflectivity and portability.




Lighting Techniques

Aperture - The smaller the aperture the deeper the depth of field, if there was a large lens it would give you less depth of field.


Lighting ratio - The higher the lighting ratio, the higher the contrast of the image; the lower the ratio, the lower the contrast. Lighting ratio in photography refers to the comparison of key light.


Exposure -

Spot metering -  Spot metering is used to measure the intensity of light over a small circular area in the centre of the view finder

Partial metering - Partial metering is used to measure the intensity of the light over a larger circular area than in spot mode.

Centre-weighted average metering - Centre-weighed average metering is used to measure the light across the whole picture area.

Evaluative metering -  Evaluative metering is used to measure the light across the whole frame.



Three point lighting -

This is  a diagram of three point lighting it is a standard lighting technique which is made using three different lights called the key light, fill light and back light.

Key light - The purpose of the key light is to highlight the form and dimension of the subject. Many key lights may be placed in a scene to illuminate a moving subject at opportune moments.

Fill light -  A fill light is used to eliminate or soften shadows caused by the main source of illumination. A fill light supplements the key light without changing its character.

Rim light - Rim lighting is often used when making profile portraits. Rim lighting is the same as backlighting, where the subject is lighted from behind causing the facial features of the profile to be highlighted.



Speed Lights:

Speedlight is the brand name used by Nikon Corporation for their photographic flash units, used since the company's introduction of strobe flashes in the 1960s. Nikon's standalone Speedlight's (those not built into the company's cameras) have the SB- prefix as part of their model designation. Current Speedlight's and other Nikon accessories make up part of Nikon's Creative Lighting System (CLS), which includes the advanced wireless lighting, that enables various Nikon cameras to control multiple Nikon flash units in up to three separate controlled groups by sending encoded pre-flash signals to slave units.



Flash guns:

A  flashgun gives a brief flash of intense light, used for taking photographs indoors or in poor light. A flash gun is a very useful device that you can use to illuminate the subjects of your photograph.

Advantages

• One of the biggest advantages of using a professional flashgun is its power. This type of tool is much bigger than a built in flash, which makes it easier for it to pack serious power.
• Another major benefit is that you are able to direct the flash in different directions. Many flashguns also have the option of rotating the head and twisting it upwards. This makes it easy to direct the light in specific directions.

Disadvantages

• A flash gun uses its own battery supply
• These accessories can be quite big and bulky. They can also be heavy, which can make carrying them a hassle.