Photography, Sprint 1

PHOTOGRAPHY 2/9

Today... YOU SHOOT!

You’ll do two shoots today, one with one light, then you’ll add a light to get two lights going.

WITH FLASH
ONE LIGHT SHOOT

Set your camera to black and white.

Set up a single light without anything to modify the light (a bare head). This light is your KEY.

Use the pink background. Put a stool in front of it. Have about 5’ of separation between the stool and the backdrop.

Camera is in MANUAL mode, set to 100 ISO, Tv 125, Av 5.6 ~ 8. Adjust the power and distance of the light such that you get what looks like a good exposure in the display.

Shoot the following patterns:

Paramount
Hatchet
Rembrandt (short)
Loop (broad)

As you move the light you might have to correct the distance of the light and/or the power of the pack to get a consistent exposure in the display.

TWO LIGHT SHOOT

Add another flash head. Put the white shoot-through umbrella on it, but spin it around so you’re not shooting through, you’re instead reflecting the light off of it. This will be your FILL. As you shoot keep the KEY light higher than the FILL light (the KEY vertically higher than the FILL).

Keep the camera settings as they were - 100 ISO, Tv 125, Av 5.6 ~ 8. You’ll need to dial up the power on the pack to compensate for the additional flash head.

Adjust the lights so that you get the required pattern - generated by the KEY, but fill in and soften the shadows by using the FILL.

Shoot the following patterns:

Paramount
Hatchet
Rembrandt (short)
Loop (broad)

Save all the pictures to a computer, upload them to the STAC photo website. File them under PHOTO INTENSIVE.


WITH COOL LIGHTS
ONE LIGHT SHOOT

Set your camera to black and white.

Set up a single light with the specular reflector on it (the pie pan). This light is your KEY.

Use the black background. Put a stool in front of it. Have about 5’ of separation between the stool and the backdrop.

Camera is in AV mode, Av to 5.6, adjust the ISO to get a good exposure on the display and a Tv of around 100. AV is an automatic mode - the camera will adjust the shutter speed to keep a consistent value, but if it gets too low you’ll get blurry pictures.

Shoot the following patterns:

Paramount
Hatchet
Rembrandt (short)
Loop (broad)

As you move the light you might have to correct the distance of the light to get a consistent exposure in the display.

TWO LIGHT SHOOT

Add another light head. Put a white shoot-through umbrella on it, but spin it around so you’re not shooting through, you’re instead reflecting the light off of it. This will be your FILL. As you shoot keep the KEY light higher than the FILL light (the KEY vertically higher than the FILL).

Keep the camera settings as they were.

Adjust the lights so that you get the required pattern - generated by the KEY, but fill in and soften the shadows by using the FILL.

Shoot the following patterns:

Paramount
Hatchet
Rembrandt (short)
Loop (broad)

Save all the pictures to a computer, upload them to the STAC photo website. File them into the folder marked PHOTO INTENSIVE.