Studio Lighting Session: Results!

I have learnt so much about the studio lighting session that happened today, not only did I gain some awesome knowledge on different types of lighting, but I also gained some amazing shots!



Here, I used my main light as the focus light and my slave light on a lower setting to create a small shadow on the left hand side of the face. I therefore used a higher setting on my main light so that the models face was well lit, and the other side was still lit but cast a small shadow to create a dramatic effect. I didn't light the background on this, as I wanted to see what the light from the main and slave studio lights would do to the face of the model.

Here, I lit the background as well as the model using the main and slave light on the same intensity setting. The shadow in the corner of the photograph was caused by the shutter speed being too high (1/200), which caused a flash trigger failure, so my slave flash was being fired late. John corrected this for me and then the rest of my photographs were produced with an even background (at 1/160)

This shot was to purely show the effect the background light had on the colour of the background. Personally, I prefer the background to be more grey than pure white, but for product shots and catalogue shots, a pure white background is needed. Again, a trigger failure caused by a high shutter speed caused the shadow in the right hand side corner.

The background light was then pointed towards the back of the models head, to show the volume of the models hair. Using Adam as a model meant that this was not shown to it's full depth, so I changed models!

Using a different model with longer hair really showed the background lighting effect well. I love the way the hair is highlighted with a gold tone, making the entire image look warm and inviting! I still used my main and slave studio lights to highlight the model face, but went for a more side lit approach.

Aside from photographic studios and lighting, the funniest photograph of the day has to be this. Obviously, studio lighting can be quite shocking to James!