3 Head lighting kit

With your mainlight source angled roughly 45º to your subject there will be dark shadows on one side of their face. The reflector will throw some of the light back onto the subject and therefore providing balanced illumination on the subject. You could increase the effect by using a silver (foil) coated reflector instead of a white one.

Your strobe should be set on a reasonable power to ensure there is enough light to reflect back onto the subject. If you were to use a larger softbox this power would need to

be increased.

You then have another flash head. You position it in the same position as the reflector we used previously. Giving a similar result but with more evenly distributed and diffused light. We still want to keep some definition in the models face, so we use a main light and a fill light. If light one is our main source then light two should be set on approximately two f stops less.

Adding a third light gives you a lot more creative control. You can use it as a fill light, catch light, spot light or a backlight. Keeping the other two strobes in the same position and settings as before we aim the third strobe against the background directly behind the model. We don’t need a softbox on this flash head but we could use an aluminium reflector if a more intense lighting effect was desired.

A photographer who inspires me is Lisa Young, she is a freelance journalist and photographer who specialises in travel and jounalism photography. She intrests me as she is the line of work i wish to be in, and looking at her work gives me ideas for pictures i have taken when i have been on holiday or even just going to london for a day. Her pictures are simple but very eyecatching and intresting to the eye, she uses the element of colours, lines depth of field etc to make the picture intresting for the audience. Here are some examples of her work


This picture was taken in Havana Cuba, The use of lines of the building in the background makes the picture inresting they almost frame the building in the foreground which stands out due to the colour of the building against the other. To me it connotes new taking over the old as the building in the background is newer and therefore bigger and better then the one in the foreground which makes it look as if it is taking over the older building, the use of the angle of the shot gives a intimidation feel the the picture as the newer building is over looking the older building. The picture also connotes chaos to me due to the amount of lines etc going on within the picture.


This picture is taken in Marsaxlokk, Malta. The use of colours and depth of field is what makes the picture interesting. The use of the boats colours makes it stand out from the rest of the picture as if it is some kind of outcast from the rest. This is also shown with the ducks just infront of the boat, the white duck being the outcast from the rest. The use of the natrual element of water being very prominent within the picture connotes relaxation. The use of the boat in the background connotes a sense of freedom as the boat in the foreground is tied up.









http://www.lisayoung.co.uk/index.htm

Exposure and shutter speeds

Within this objective we had to experiment with different shutter speeds and different exposures, we decided to use Katie jumping as that would show a clear difference between the shutter speeds, we also decided to change our surroundings to see how exposure would be effected in different light.

This picture consists of a slow shutter speed hence the blurred effect of Katie jumping, we decided to slow down the shutter speed to contrast with the fast shutter speed picture below and to show what effect the shutter speed has on the picture. In this picture the aperture was open quite a lot in order to let in a lot of light which is what we wanted which gave a over exposed effect to the

picture, this gave a almost angelic effect to the picture. This picture was taken indoors which gave us more control over the light within the picture

This picture was taken with a quicker shutter speed to have less of a blurred effect on the picture to contrast with the above picture and show what

effect shutter speeds have on a picture. We decided to take the picture with a smaller aperture to let less light in which gave it a dark mysterious feel to it also to contrast with the above photo. You can not see any main features of Katies face due to it being under exposed. This picture was also taken inside so we had control over the light.

In this picture we also used a fast shutter speed to catch Katie in mid air without it being blurred, although it is still sightly blurred you can make out what the picture is and

what Katie is doing. We also decided to have a bigger aperture to let in more light but this was not shown as we decided to take the photo outside and therefore did not have control over the light surrounding us which then effected the photograph.

Reflection Project

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Photographic Film Prezzi

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During the half term we were given an objective to complete to do with photography, mine was still life, I then went onto interpret this in my own way. I decided to change my objective slightly to natural still life.

My picture wasn't intentional for my project, this photo came around after I had a shower, the light from outside was reflecting on the droplets of water on the side which I thought looked interesting and decided to capture it. When uploaded onto the computer I decided I would use this for my objective as you cant get any more natural then a natural element itself.

To me this picture connotes relaxation due to the natural elements it contains. The use of depth of field creates a sense of mystery for the audience as you want to know where it is leading to. The use of the increase in water gives the impression that it is turning into icicles, which connotes a sense of growth from water to icicle. The use of reflection on the droplets gives a sense of a combination of two natural elements (water and light) which achieves my objective.

Picture on conflict

Content

• Dead twigs/leaves
• One alive stem with leaves

Subject

• Trapped
• Fighting
• Death

This picture connotes natural conflict, our aim was to show the conflict between the seasons. In this picture we are showing the conflict between Autumn and Winter by the use of the remaining leaves from the Autumn which is being dominated by the dead leaves and twigs of

Winter. The use of a higher f stop gave us more of a depth of field which connotes a conflict that's never ending and also the use of the blurred background gave the picture a sense of mystery. We decided to have one main 'alive' plant crossing the picture blurred to also connote a sense of mystery but to also create a sense of something disappearing/fading into the rest of the dead twigs etc. Also the 'alive plant' looks like it is trying to escape but is being pulled into the twigs due to the angle of the plant. We tried to let in less light through the aperture to create a 'darkish' background to create a sense of death/evil as winter is when plants etc die. The strong lines of the twigs in the background create a sense of confusion/overwhelming which connotes something trying to take over something which is what we attentionally aimed for.