Light Play

SEE IT
CONTROL IT
CAPTURE IT

Photo assistant at Apparition Studios

Portrait Recreation

Client Work:
Product, fashion, and food photography!
Books and Letterpress Prints: Almanac Industries!
Cameras: George Eastman House!
Clothing: Mily D!
Food: River Hill High School

mily d

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STUDIO LIGHTING
CONTINUOUS!
-cheaper!
-you can see what it is doing!
-produces more heat!
-the light can be less balanced

FLASH / STROBE!
-more versatile!
-smaller setup!
-more expensive!
-more advanced setup

The Bigger The Light Source The Softer The Light

UMBRELLAS

REFLECTORS/
DIFFUSERS

SOFTBOXES

KEY LIGHT =
main light
FILL LIGHT =!
reflector!
hair light!
kicker!
background light
FLAGS, GOBOS, BARNDOORS =
block unwanted light

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Lighting Scheme 1. Place two lighting sources at an angle of 45 degrees

and you will get three-dimensional images.

Lighting Scheme 2. One lighting source is directed from the camera

level, an other is situated at an acute angle from a 7-10 foot height. The
head of a model is illuminated with a narrow back light. Background is
lightened with the force lighting source. That will help you to get an
expressive high-contrast lighting scheme.

direct
Lighting Scheme 3. You can use only one lighting source
with a reflector that is the easiest technique.

diffused

APERTURE
-use single point autofocus or manually
focus on the closest eye, deep enough
to capture focus on the eyes!
!

-choose shallow depth of field to

concentrate the viewer on the subject,
but not so shallow that it looks out of
focus!
!

-choose deep depth of field to put the

subject in context!
!

-controls the exposure along with ISO

when using flash

SHUTTER SPEED

-use a high enough shutter speed to avoid camera shake(~1/focal length: 1/125 for
85mm lens)!
!

-doesnt affect affect exposure of subject when only lit by flash - will determine
background exposure or what is lit by ambient light

FOCAL LENGTH
-the closer you are the shallower the depth of field
will be at the same aperture (/8 @ 3ft. = /2 @
6ft.)!
!

-wider lenses exaggerate space, causing more

distortion the closer you are to your subject!
!

-longer lenses compress space, causing less

distortion because you are farther away from your
subject!
!

-prime lenses (fixed focal length) have wider

apertures, allowing for more light and a shallower
depth of field