Overview: Today you will take your studio portrait shoot images.
Directions: Please refer to the assignment sheet and the information below:
You will take as many photos as you want, but you will turn in a total of 15 images.
Set your camera to 1/100 of a second, and your aperture to about 4 or 4.5 and then set the ISO as needed (it should be like 100-400). Use the 70-200mm, 85mm, or the 50mm lens, I will let you choose, but be aware the background must stay white and I do not want to see anything but white. No backdrop stands or anything around the backdrop.
Set 1 (5 total images)
Image 1 - shadowless - just the fill light
Image 2 - Butterfly with just the key light (this means only one light, no fill, no background light)
Image 3 - Broad with just the key light (this means only one light, no fill, no background light)
Image 4 - Rembrandt with just the key light (this means only one light, no fill, no background light)
Image 5 - Split with just the key light (this means only one light, no fill, no background light)
Set 2 (5 total images)
For this set you will need to set the lights up properly. You needs a 2:1 ratio, so we will have to set the lights correctly - we want the key light to be 3x brighter than the fill light, remember that light falls off at a 2:1 ratio which means lights at the same intensity will have half the light when set up 2 times further away.
(Two lights, except for shadowless)
Image 1 - shadowless - just the fill light
Image 2 - Butterfly with a key and fill light (no background light)
Image 3 - Loop with a key and fill light (no background light)
Image 4 - Rembrandt with a key and fill light (no background light)
Image 5 - Split with a key and fill light (no background light)
Set 3 (5 total images)
(Three lights, except for shadowless)
Image 1 - shadowless with a fill light and a background light
Image 2 - Butterfly with all three lights (key, fill and background)
Image 3 - Loop with all three lights (key, fill and background)
Image 4 - Rembrandt with all three lights (key, fill and background)
Image 5 - Split with all three lights (key, fill and background)
Remember what you are looking for:
Butterfly - no shadows in the face, should look the same on both sides of the nose like a butterfly
Broad - the ear opposite the key light should not be visible and the side of the face opposite the key light should be partially shadowed.
Rembrandt - there should be a small white triangle under the eye on the cheekbone
Split - a distinct line down the nose - the key light side should be lit, the non-key light side should be shadowed
If you are not actively shooting in the studio -
- Finish Vocabulary
- Rear Curtain Flash with light trails OR Flash Assignment
Link to Flash Project
