6 Lighting

The point of this assignment was to show how lighting can affect the mood of a photograph. I didn't really plan this photo shoot. I find that I take better and more interesting pictures if I don't plan things out. With that being said, the pose Briana is was inspired by Briana and Marisa goofing around. While Briana tried to keep the same pose it was difficult for me to shoot at the same angle. I like Briana's pose because it adds a certain sense of mystery. I feel that this pose is very delicate and shows vulnerability as well as fragility.

First photo (top left): I was using a tungsten light. I raised the light to the height of about 5 feet. The light was placed slightly behind her behind her. I'm not so sure what feeling this type of lighting gives. I would say this is my go to light set up because its simple and easy to set up.

Second photo (top middle): For this picture I believe I used two tungsten lights. I used one light to light the background and one to light her. I feel that this lighting gives a gloomier and colder mood. I also cropped this picture a bit.


Third photo (top right): This was a very simple set up. I was only using one tungsten light and I had it right in front of her... maybe a little to her right, based on the shadow created from her nose. The background was completely black, remember that my background was white. I feel this lighting is very beautiful and adds a sense of mystery and darkness.

Forth photo (bottom left): In this picture I didn't light Briana, instead I just lit the background. This is a pretty good set up if you only want the silhouette. However, I just noticed that because she was wearing a knit thing on her head it looks like she has a beard. I was using a tungsten light.

Fifth photo (bottom middle): Out of all 6 pictures I think this is one of my favorites. I was setting up the strobe and I hadn't plugged the cord into the camera yet. I noticed how soft and beautiful the light looked so I took a picture. Unfortunately, it came out green. I think that's one of things I like about it, though. But when I uploaded it to the computer the picture was completely black so I had to photoshop it. First I lightened it and then I did a bit of lighting effects just to make it look less flat. I like how this picture looks because it looks old timey, like a portrait taken a hundred years ago. I don't like that it looks so grainy and unfortunately, when I uploaded it to weebly it showed rings of light or something on the right side of the picture that weren't there when I was editing.

Sixth photo (bottom right): For this picture I was using the strobe light so it's really bright. I tried to pull it away from her so it wouldn't be so harsh but it was already as far as it could go. I feel that this set up would be more fitting if she was facing the camera and smiling, it's very bright and cheery. I like this set up because it makes her skin look so beautiful.

Pictures With Deeper Meaning

Our assignment was to take a picture of a person that has a deeper meaning than the viewer may realize. This time my model was Marisa. We talked for awhile to try to find a deeper truth about her. I felt like my first idea was pretty good but it didn't really work out as well as I had hoped. My first idea was how many people are more in love with the idea of love than the actual person they're with. My second idea came as I was shooting. Because I was using a fisheye lens baby and I noticed how blurred it made her face. So my second idea is that many people feel that they can't be themselves and have to pretend to be something they're not.

This was a very simple photo shoot. I shot inside the class room and the only lighting I had was from the fluorescent lights and whatever light came through the door. I was using a fish eye Lens Baby which created the blurred look.