Question 1.
1. Name three lighting sources and their functions.
KEY LIGHT
Is the first lighting and the most important light that a photographer will use in a lighting setup. The purpose of the key light is to highlight the form and dimension of the subject.
FILL LIGHT
This is the secondary light source that balance remaining to the key light. This light can make the shadows created by the key light softer and lower contrast.
SEPARATION LIGHT
This light is placed behind the object to create depth and separate the object from the background.
2. Name two light modifiers and explain the difference between them.
REFLECTOR
A reflector is used in photography to seperate the light to the model/object. Every reflector is different, so you can use the one that is best for what you are going to take pictures of.
UMBRELLA
A umbrella reflects the light from the strobe light. The white, silver & gold umbrellas give different lights to what you are going to take pictures of.
3. Draw a diagram of and describe the three-point lighting setup.
Question 2.
1. Draw three studio setups for the following subject matters and list all the equipment that you would use to light your subjects
PORTRAIT
FASHION
BEAUTY
2. In a magazine or on the Internet, find one fashion shot, a beauty shot and a portrait shot and explain how you think the lighting was set up in each shot.
PORTRAIT
On this photograph i think the photographer may have used a fill light and a main light.
FASHION
I like this photo alot, and i think the photographer has used both fill light, key light and two soft boxes.
BEAUTY
On this beauty shoot i think the photographer may have used a fill light.
QUESTION 3.
Take some portrait shots and pay specific attention to the lighting you use. I would like to see a shot with soft lighting and one with more dramatic, harder lighting. It would be beneficial to hire studio lighting, but if you can’t, you may use natural light, reflectors and your camera’s flash.
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