Assignment 14- Picture to emulate

Assignment 13 - Light Painting and Picture to Emulate

Assignment 12 - Night Shots

1.6 sec @f/2.8 ISO 160

2 sec @f2.8 ISO 160A

Assignment 11 - Still Life

Assignment 10 - Canon Transmitter and Flash

1/125 sec @f/8 ISO160

Assignment 9 - Dedicated Flash

1/200sec @f/22 ISO400 - on-camera flash

1/200sec @f/11 ISO400 - wrap around flash

1/15sec @f/8 ISO400 - flash fill

1/60sec @f/7.1 ISO400 - floor modifier

Assignment 8 - Outdoor Strobe

We ran through this exercise twice in our group of me, Carla, Paul, Raquel, X, Di, and Rains.

Assignment 7 - Mixing Strobe and Continuous (LED) Light

Assignment 6 - Three Light Portrait

This studio exercise allowed us to be inspired by iconic photos of past. Pictured here is my friend Sarah, who I composed similarly to the Afghan Girl, photographed by Steve McCurry. While the Afghan Girl was not photographed in the studio, my rendition is of a Western Girl in a wholly different reality where the state of mind and emotion differ from a girl facing oppression and wartime. In both portraits the light in the eyes speaks for their current state. The light source in the studio was reversed to maintain an air of difference.

Main Light at 45' and 45' height

Fill Light at 2 stops down

Background Light

Composite of 3 Lights

Light placement for first portrait

Second portrait with more dramatic lighting and different demeanor

Light placement for second portrait

Assignment 5 - Window Light

Assignment 4 - Size Matters

21" beauty dish

Octabank












The first picture was taken with the 21" beauty dish, the second with the Octabank. We modeled the Octabank picture off of the first achieved beauty dish picture.

The distance from the light to the subject was approximately the same. The main variants were the angle at which the light was placed in relation to the subject, and the distance of the subject from the background.

The beauty dish was placed almost directly in front of the subject, but slightly to the side. To achieve the same shadow and light effect with the Octabank, it had to be placed directly to Paul's side. When we used the Octabank the subject had to get very close to the background because the light was larger and we needed the silhouette to line up directly next to his head to maintain the shadow.

One can detect that different lighting techniques are being used because the light cast upon Paul's face is first straight on, and then angled.

Assignment 3 - Using One Light

For this assignment, our team used one light to portray opposite portraits.

The first portrait uses bright frontal lighting and light colors to show positive forward movement.

The second portrait associates dark colors and back-lighting with backward movement.  

Our team members included: Carla, Raquel, and Serichai

Lesson 2 - Demonstrating the Three Laws of Light

This image aptly demonstrates all three laws of light, which are as follows:
The first law tells us that the intensity of light will diminish the farther it travels from the source.

The second law tells us that light travels in a straight line.

The third law of light tells us the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection.

And what a lovely photo it turned out to be!

Lesson 1 - Inverse Square Law

Here is my example of using the Inverse Square Law to demonstrate that as the object gets farther from the light source, the intensity of the light reflected off of the object lessens. l=1/d^2

Additionally, we did an exercise where instead of using three grey cards placed one foot away from one another, we placed a black card in front, grey card in the middle, and white card in back. The challenge was to get the shade of all three cards to match by manipulating the distance of the light source. We were able to successfully complete this part of the assignment by moving the light closest to the front black card and focusing the radiated light upon this black card. Because the light was close and focused, less light reached the back white card and thus their colors looked similar when captured in the camera.

Amazingly enough, the photo above is of three different colored cards. From left to right: black, grey, and white.

This assignment will be helpful because it taught that placing an object close to a light source is not the best way to capture detail. Additionally, when photographing a crowd, placing a light farther away will ensure more even lighting upon the subjects.