Studio Photography Assignment Task 1

                                                     Studio Lighting

 Studio Lighting is used by many photographers today and there are many different lighting effects that can be produced. I have listed some common lighting used.


Soft box



Above are examples of softboxes which are used as a type of photographic lighting device. All the various soft light types create even and diffused light by directing light through some material, or by bouncing light off a second surface to deffuse the light.

Umberella



An umbrella is a reflecter which is an improvised or specialised reflective surface used to redirect light towards a given subject or scene.

Snoot


In photography a snoot is a tube or similar object that fits over a studio light or portable flash and allows the photographer to control the direction and radius of the light beam. These may be conical, cylindrical, or rectangular in shape. Snoots can isolate a subject when using a flash. They help by stopping "light spill", or when lighting falls in a larger footprint than intended.

Beauty Dish



Above is an example of a Beauty Dish, this lighting uses a parabolic reflector to disribute light towards its subject which gives a wrapped contasted look and helps to

Honeycomb

Hproduce a dramatic effect.

Above is an example of a honey comb lightsource. This lighting is used to create directional light which gives you more control and greater isoation.

Practical work

At the start of the assignment I took photographs of my colleagues in the studio and I began to explore different techniques by using various studio lighting. The first example was taken by using one light source an Umbrella. The camera was set at F22 iso 200 160th of a second. The Ubmrella was placed to the right hand side of the model which has highlighted the face brightly.The lighting also looks hard, a softer light would have  worked better to flatter the model.

The second photograph was taken by using continuous lighting .The camera was set at f7.1 iso 200 .The lighting was placed just right of the model and gives a brighter effect in this photograph. The lighting has caused a shadow behind him which would also suggest the lighting is too bright.

The third photograph was taken by using a lightbox, the camera was set at 160th of a second f11 iso 200. The lighting works well against the black background the tatoos on the models arms are highlighted well and contrast against the backdrop. This Image may have worked better if it had been taken closer, this would have picked up on more detail of the model.