Studio Lighting

On Wednesday 07.10.09, Andrew Farrington welcomed his 2nd group of new Photographic Media Foundation Degree students into the studio on the 4th floor of the new and very impressive University Centre at Blackburn College. His role of the day being to demonstrate the differences in lighting techniques within a photographic studio.

Using a fellow student, Ryan as our model, we paired up into groups of three, to take pictures of him using different lighting set ups as shown below;

Set 1 - Using a soft box at 45 degree face height

DSLR set at 1/125, F5.6 @ 100ISO using white balance 5500

(TIP: Using a higher white balance will give a warmer effect on paler skin)

Set 2 - Using a soft box at 45 degree above face height

DSLR set at 1/125, F5.6 @ 100ISO using white balance 5500

Set 3 - Using a soft box at the side above face height with apposite reflector

DSLR set at 1/125, F5.6 @ 100ISO using white balance 5500

Set 4 - Using a soft box 45 degree behind and above face height with a sub tractor

DSLR set at 1/125, F5.6 @ 100ISO using white balance 5500

(TIP: This separates the subject from the background)

Set 5 - Using a soft box 45 degree behind and 45 degree in front above face height with a sub tractor

DSLR set at 1/125, F5.6 @ 100ISO using white balance 5500

Set 6 - Using a soft box in front and above face height with two side sub tractors

DSLR set at 1/125, F6.7 @ 100ISO using white balance 5500

Set 7 - Using a soft box above head (Top Light) in wrong position with two side

sub tractors

DSLR set at 1/125, F5.6 @ 100ISO using white balance 5500

Set 8 - Using a soft box above head (Top Light) in wrong position with two sub tractors and a under face reflector

DSLR set at 1/125, F5.6 @ 100ISO using white balance 5500

Set 9 - Using a soft box above head (Top Light) in wrong position with two sub tractors, a under face reflector and back light (Back Lit)

DSLR set at 1/125, F5.6 @ 100ISO using white balance 5500