ePortfolio Week 13 - Studio Lighting

1.11.13 (Week 13)
Vanessa A/P Ah Lir, (0315830)
Introduction to Photography
Studio Lighting


LECTURE

1. Main light
- Most important light because it illuminates a major portion of the image. All the other lights are constructed around this light. The first light to be put in position is your main light.

2. Fill light
- The fill lights function is to basically relieve the shadow areas created by the main light, thereby reducing the contrast.
- This light produces detail in the shadow area. Sometimes a fill light can just be a reflector bouncing off the main light.
- In the case of a still life there can be many tiny fills positioned around the still life to illuminate or relieve shadows.

3. Rim light

- This light gives form or structure around the object or subject being photographed. 

- It creates a silhouette around the subject / object thereby revealing its shape.

- It most often acts as a highlight.

4. Hair light

- It illuminates and gives texture to the hair. 

- Without this light the hair texture would essentially not be visible and the hair will look like one black mass.

Exercise - Studio Lighting

Instructions

1. Students are required to find a studio photograph with the 1940s - 1950s theme.

2. Students will then imitate that particular photo in terms of outlook and studio lighting.

Screenshot

REFLECTION

 

For this week, it was my turn to be a model. My previous assumption that becoming models are easy jobs because you only have to don on an outfit, wear makeup, take photos and get your paycheck instantly. I had never been so wrong. The entire process was extremely tedious and tiring. The makeup was very uncomfortable which made me felt as if I had a second layer of skin on my face. Fake eyelashes are painful torture objects.

When I was asked to pose accordingly, my classmates who were assisting with the camera and lighting had to take some time with all the adjustments to make sure that the exposure was perfect. My back started aching, my hands felt like they were about to fall off and I thought my neck will never be able to bend again. Becoming a model is tougher than I thought.