Studio lighting- advanced techniques

For this shoot we were split into groups to do lighting workshop using professional studio lighting equipment.

Rembrandt lighting - light is high and aimed at the side of the models face which is facing away from the camera.

Hollywood lighting - light is moved further around the subject so its just off centre.

Butterfly lighting - light is high and directly in front of the subject, presenting a distinct butterfly-shaped shadow under their nose.

Side lighting - where the light is pushed either to the left or right of the subject.

Rim lighting- brings out an outline of the subject and creates a silver lining effect.
Hair lighting- position the light above and slightly behind the subject and aim it towards the hair to bring out the texture and detail.

Here are some examples of our group work..

Butterfly lighting

ISO - 100
Shutter speed - 1/100
Aperture - F 11.0
Focal Length - 51.0 mm

Side lighting

 ISO - 100
Shutter speed - 1/100
Aperture - F 9.0
Focal Length - 52.0 mm

Rembrandt lighting

ISO - 100

Shutter speed - 1/100

Aperture - F 10.0

Focal Length - 53.0 mm

Rim lighting

 ISO - 100
Shutter speed - 1/100
Aperture - F 9.0
Focal Length - 53.0 mm

Hair Lighting

ISO - 100
Shutter speed - 1/100
Aperture - F 10.0
Focal Length - 52.0 mm

Research of Kipsta Jerseys

Here are a few images of Kipsta Clothing I came across on my internet research...

 This finish image is very simple, I like the way you can't see a person wearing the jersey but the creases indicate that there is a figure wearing it. This is something I would like to attempt in my wn shoot.

 This image is similar to the previous image, I would like to combined both shorts and tshirt together when doing my shoot, rather than have them separet.

 This image is the front and back of the basketball jersey's which gives more dimentions to it, this is something I would like to experiement with when doing my own shoot.

This final image isn't to do with basketball but when I came across it in my internet research it gave me some ideas for my own work. I like the way the black background exaggerates the jerseys and the way the models are on their side but facing the camera. This is something I will have to think about in my own work.

Research for Bespoke trophies

Here are a few images I came across on my internet research of trophies...

 For this first image I like the way it stands out on the plain white background, this is something I would like to experiement with when i'm doing my own shoot.

 For this images I like the way that the trophy is on an angle giving it a more 3D affect.

This final image is my favourite as I feel the black bold background make the trophies seem more powerful and important, this is also something i'm going to experiement with.

Research for Spalding Basketballs

Here are a few images I came across on my internet research...

 I really like this image as I like the way only the ball is in focus and the court behind is blured out. Also I really like the way you can see the balls reflection on the floor giving the image more dimentions.

 I really like the way you can see the texture on the ball which is something I would like to try and capture in my own images.

 This image is very simple and yet very affective, I would like to try this image out in my portait shoot.

This final image really caught my eye, its very unusual in the way its not orange like the normal colour of a basketball, this is something I will consider using in my own work.

Final Major Project idea's

I am going to do three different studio shoots as an adverting campaign.

Shoot 1- product shot of a basketball

Shoot 2- product shot of a basketball troophie

Shoot 3- portait sho of someone in a basketball kit.

I've picked these ideas as I wanted them to relate to me and to help me find my own style. I've decided to keep them all related as I think this will look better when I present my work.

Experienting with long exposers-group work

This shoot was experimenting with long exposers and our camera settings that we used. To get the affects we did, we had to have all the lights off and use the flash gun a few times whilest the camera was on its long exposer...

 This first image was a 10 second exposer.

 This image was a 7 second exposer.

This final image was a 5 second exposer.

Experimenting with studio lighting-Glass bottle 2

Here are more of my glass bottle images with more experiementation of lighting...

This image is of just a spot light underneath the glass bottle. I like the way the bottle is lit up but theres a harsh shadow in the back ground.

This photograph is of my glass bottle with a red light behind the product giving it a nice and unusual glow.

This image is of my glass bottle with just a red light underneath the prop. As you can see this image is more darker than the previous one as having the light underneath the bottle makes it alot weaker  and makes my image look more dramatic.

This image is of my glass bottle shaken so that you can see the liquid moving around in it. It is lit up with a white spot light underneath the bottle and a red light behind my prop.

Experiementing with studio lighting-Glass bottle

In this shoot we were experimenting further with different ways to light objects....

 This photography is of the glass bottle with just the fluorescent light on.

 This images is on the glass bottle shaken so you can see the liquid move inside, it is lit with a bulb light to the left and a reflector to the right.

 This photograph is of the glass bottle shaken again but this time is lit up with a soft box over the bulb light giving a softer light over all.

 This images is on the glass bottle lit with a soft box over a bulb light and it also has a soft screen over making the light very weak as you can see.

 This final image is of the glass bottle next to a wine glass, this is my finished producted as it is the best lit up. I have lit it with a soft box over a bulb light and then used a reflector on the other side to make my product more evenly lit.

Experimenting with studio lighting-head prop 2

Here are more images of the head prop but this time we experiemented with the different types of lighting...




This first image is a bulb light to the left of the head prop and also has the fluorescent light on.
As you can see only the left side of the head prop is lit and the right is dark.












This photograph is just a bulb light to the left of the head prop, as you can see only the left side is lit up and the right is blacked out.

This photograph has just a bulb light, again to the left of the head prop but also has a reflector on the right. As you can see the head prop is still lighting on the left but you can see a gentle light to the right showing little features.

This final image is experimenting with light from underneath the head prop. As you can see the top of the head is very dark and the bottom is over exposed, showing little details in the middle of the head prop such as the eyes and nose.

Experimenting with studio lighting- Head prop

This two images are experimenting with light and no light.

These three images were experiementation of using different colour touches to see what affect the spot lights would give them. Over all I'm very pleased with these results and may use this technique in further studio work.

Artist inspirations for light painting

 Picasso

I've research Picasso previously and left that with work fits in well with my images.

I like the way his work is very different and unusual from other artists work I have come across.

Rafoto

I came across this image on my internet research and fell in love with it straight away. It is very creative, simple and yet very powerful. This is definally making me want to experiment further with light painting. 

Experimenting with light painting

Examples of my work...

Shutter speed - 10 seconds
Aperture - 16.0
ISO - 3200

This first image was just a tester to see if the settings on my camera were ok and to see if the composition of the shot was in my frame.

            Shutter speed - 15 sec
            Aperture - 16.0
            ISO - 3200

  Shutter speed - 15 sec
  Aperture - 16.0
  ISO - 3200

         




               Shutter speed - 12 sec
               Aperture - 16.0
               ISO - 3200

Over all I feel I've got more confident using my camera and have a better understand about shutterspeeds, apertures and ISO balance.