Practise Photos

These photos were taken whilst practising using different kinds of lighting in the studios. 

We were asked to try to replicate this photo of Steve Jobs.

We made sure we had a white background in place, as there is in the Steve Jobs photo, and used two background lights and one key light directed onto one side of the subjects face. This created quite a harsh shadow, so we used a reflector to try and soften it a bit.

Softening the shadow with the reflector made quite a lot of difference in the image, and made it more accurately represent the image we were trying to duplicate.

We had to use a light meter to measure how much light was reaching the image. First we entered what ISO we were using on the camera, and what shutter speed we were using and then we'd use the lights to give us an accurate reading of what we needed the aperture to be to get the best lighting.

After replicating the photo, we began changing the lighting to see what effect it would have, creating darker shadows and using a darker background to see what effect it would have.

I really like how the lighting on the above images came out, especially the second one. It might have come out a bit dark, but I think the streak of light across the background and just illuminating parts of her face and reflecting in her eye make for a really nice photo. The light isn't cold, but warm, adding to the mood of the photo.