LO1 - explore historical & contemporary precedent in lighting for photography
LO2 - illustrate lighting requirements for a given context, in response to a given brief
LO3 - produce photographic images, utilising lighting equipment & techniques
LO4 - demonstrate the use of lighting for photography through the presentation of a collection of photographic images
LO1 Explore historical & contemporary precedent in lighting for photography
Understanding light: Language and properties of light, science of light, position of light, lighting types
Contextual research: contemporary photographers that specialise in studio or location lighting, historical photographers that have influenced photography in their instrumental use of lighting & exposure
Professional Practice: Organisational skills, communication skills, identifying equipment, shooting lists, time of day when shooting
LO2 illustrate lighting requirements, for a given context, in response to a brief.
Ongoing: Writing & responding to set visual assignments
Lighting: exposure lock, exposure compensation, exposure on location, understanding histograms, using natural light & light modifiers, metering modes
LO3 Produce photographic images, utilising lighting equipment & techniques
Health & Safety (Location & Studio): equipment, weather conditions, risk assessments, model release forms, public liability insurance.
Lighting Equipment: soft-box, snoot, beauty dish, barn doors, studio flash head, light meter, utilising studio space
Lighting Techniques: 1,2,3 light set ups, high & low key lighting, portrait lighting, product lighting, fashion lighting
LO4 Demonstrate the use of lighting for photography through the presentation of a collection of photographic images
Evaluations: Do your images meet the brief, your creative intentions, what skills & techniques have you used, have you had organisational structure in your work production.
I am going to look into different photographers who have focused on different kinds of lighting, I am going to find a different photographer for each method of lighting. I want my work to flow through, so once I have found the images of the photographers I am going to look into how they have managed to achieve the lighting they where able to get.
BEAUTY DISH LIGHTING
All of these images are ones that I took using a Nikon D7100, I took all of these images using a beauty dish in the studio with a black background. I focused on portraiture fashion shoots to get my examples in, so I focused on different set lightings to get a few examples of my own in.
I am happy with how dark these images have turned out to be, if I was to edit these images further I would probably drop the exposure a bit and higher the contrast so the images look more detailed, I am glad that they all came out quiet dark; and all of the colours match with each other. These images where took using a beauty dish, and you can tell why photographers use this lighting because it really contrasts the images together.
The beauty dish is an attachment which sticks onto a studio light, its an oval shaped light and is mainly used within the fashion industry, the beauty dish creates a very contrasted way of lighting and puts a main focus on the models face.
SOFTBOX LIGHTING
These images where also taken in the photo studio, using a Nikon D7100 camera, I wanted this shoot to look as if it was a fashion photography shoot, I am happy with how these images have turned out, I need to take them further by editing them, I would like to edit them to look like they have a dark effect on them, maybe in a black and white edit, to put more of a dark vibe on the image. I styled the model myself and had the soft box towards the right hand side of the models face as you can see on the image.
Soft box lighting is the most common type of lighting used with portraiture, only because this type of lighting focuses on making the skin and the rest of the models face more clear and neutral. The soft-box leaves the most appealing light shadows on the model and this is why it is preferred by so many photographers.
SNOOT LIGHTING
This shoot (using the same model), I focused on using a snoot light, as you can see the light leaves a shadow on the models face, which defines the models cheekbones and defines all the face and enhances the structure of the subjects cheeks, it gives the model a symmetrical, defined look and I really like how these images have turned out with the shadowing because I think they have a relation to one of my researched photographers.
A snoot light is mainly used so the photographer can focus on where he or she is wanting to direct the light on the models body, this lighting is a very strong light and makes the image look really focused and moody. It chooses its main focus and then shadows the rest of the image.
SPEED LIGHTING
A website "https://petapixel.com/2018/06/25/how-to-mix-flash-and-ambient-light/" states that mixing ambient light with natural light is hard; its hard because you're putting two different types of lighting together, and making them work with each other. Some find it really hard and some feel its the easiest method of lighting. For this workshop, myself and the rest of my class took out a camera and a speed light and went and practiced shooting on the college courtyard.
All of these images where taken outside using a speed light, as well as natural available lighting.
PHOTOGRAPHER RESEARCH
RUPERT VANDERVELL
AVAILABLE LIGHTING
Rupert Vandervall is a photographer who focus' on available light and geometric lines, he only works with light that he has been given and as you can see by his images, he puts the light to good use. On this website he states a quote, these are the words he says
"I find beauty not necessarily in the subject itself but in the space that surrounds it. There is little ornamentation in my pictures, decoration comes from the play of light shadow, form and texture."
His work is all based in London; it is all edited in black and white, I personally think this is a good idea what he does because it shows the lighting that he is capturing for his images and its as if he is trying to let his images tell a story behind them all.
In the style of Rupert Vandervall I have developed my own images, I have changed it around a bit by keeping the same dark shadow effect throughout all of the images, but have changed the kind of scenery that each image has, so as you can see Rupert Vandervall focuses on architecture, buildings and lines, as one of my main focuses in photography is portraiture and fashion, I decided I wanted to collied them all together.
I am really happy with how these images turned out, I didn't expect them to turn out to the standard they did and I am really pleased with how I managed to get all the shadows and structure in each of the images.
ISO ON A CAMERA
These images where all taken at Southport College, I just wanted to have a mess around with the ISO and see what I could do and what results I would be able to get.
This image is what I found on google, I think this is a perfect example of how the ISO is set on a camera, and what differences it can make when taking pictures. It shows, when you're taking a picture, and have the camera set to manual, you are the person to allow a certain amount of light in through the lens.
This is a diagram how how the ISO, Aperture and Shutter Speed all works when taking an image on the camera. Its like a chart, and they all work together to get the final outcome of the actual image.
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