WEEK6 ( STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY)

This week, I had  learned about  studio photography. Below are several pictures that I had captures  during practical of shooting photography pictures.

                                                     This is our model..Ehan...

 

                                                        Ehan also..same model.. :)

                                              Yan and Ehan..Not ready yet..hahaha

 

  Two beautiful models..yan and Ehan..:)

                                                  Very ladies...Kak Naza..so sweet..:)

                                                            Kak Naza again...:)

                                                    En. Ashaari is to be a guy model..:)

                                                            En. Ashaari again...:)

                                                   En. Ashaari and En. Kadir...:)

                                                             Lai...another model..:)

So, what need to be considered in studio photography?

1. Lighting (most important)

2. backdrop (background)

3. Position

4. Angel of taking photos

Portrait Studio Photography Lighting Techniques

  

The reason people seek out professional photographers instead of taking their own portraits is because professionals know how to use studio lighting techniques to bring out a subject's best features. If you're setting up studio lighting for portraits, these guidelines will allow you to use lighting in a flattering way to enhance your client's portrait.

 

Here are several techniques :

1. Bounce your light sources intophotography umbrellas in order to diffuse the light beams and soften the shadows on your subject's face. Harsh direct lighting creates sharp unflattering shadows that make facial features look stark and angular. Instead of aiming the studio lights towards your subject, point them into a photography umbrella that will diffuse the light as it illuminates the model's face.

2.Try a traditional three-light configuration that is flattering to most subjects. Use two lights at 20-degree angles on either side of your camera and one more light, opposite your main light to reduce shadows from behind. This configuration allows full soft illumination of the subjects face while reducing rear shadows and providing a backlit effect.

3.Place the studio lights, described in Step 2, progressively farther away from the model. Position the main light where it illuminates the model's face then increase the distance of the front fill light by 1/3 and increase the distance of the rear fill light by 1/2. For instance, if your main light is 6-feet from your model, your front fill light should be 8-feet away and your rear fill light should be 9-feet away.

4.Elevate your rear light in order to highlight your subject's hair. This light is sometimes called a "hair light" because it illuminates the fine hairs around the outside of the head from behind. The rear fill light adds a professional touch that a snapshot just can't achieve.

5.Cover your main light with a soft box if you want direct illumination with moderate diffusion. This creates a more dramatic effect and is useful when shooting portraits for advertising and business cards. Position the soft box at a 25-degree front angle to your subject and use a reflector instead of a front fill light as described in Step 3. Position your backlight to shine on the backdrop instead of the subject's hair to reduce shadows. Adjust the reflector until facial shadows are very soft, just enough to lend depth to the subject's features.

Portrait Photography Studio Lighting Techniques

Practicing basic lighting techniques for studio photography plays an important element in capturing the perfect mood or personality of a subject. The placement of lighting can give your pictures a professional touch that can dramatize your subjects' most attractive or subtle features. Here are the basic lighting techniques used for portrait photography.

 

1.Broad Lighting 

Soft light, hard light, hair light, background. Everything is under your control. If you are a tremendously creative person who knows how to use studio equipment, you'll get wonderful results. If you are uncreative, you'll have very flat and boring results. If anything is wrong with the lighting balance or exposure, you'll have nobody to blame but yourself

 2.Rembrandt Lighting

After seating your subject, shine the main light above the person's head. You can point it at any particular direction of the face, although you will need to angle this light at a 45 degree angle. A traditional aspect of Rembrandt lighting is a triangle of shadows that will appear on the face of your subject, where the light is being directed.

3.Short Lighting

This lighting style is similar to broad lighting. When your subject is seated, you will also turn this person's head about 3/4 towards the camera. But instead of shining the main light in front of the face, shine it on the furthest point of the face on the "shortest" part that's partially being revealed. This will make a person's face look thinner, and offer a more masculine characteristic to the subject.

4.Butterfly Lighting

Seat the subject in front of the camera, and place the primary source of light in front of the person's face, similar to Rembrandt lighting. Angle it above the person's head at a 45 degree angle. You will create a sort of "butterfly" shadow right under the person's nose. What helps dramatize this shadow is by slowly raising the light in front of them, to create shorter or larger butterfly shadows.

 5.Catch Light

A catch light is the light that reflects off your subject's eyes. Most studio lighting requires that a small amount of light is found in the eyes of your subject. It offers a dimensional look, that brings out the color and emotion in your subject's eyes. Catch lights for portrait photography make your studio picture less flat.