Examples and inspiration:
Lighting diagrams / pre-production
For your pre-reflection, tell me in as many words as possible how you plan on shooting this image. Describe everything you see in your head. Include the Lighting Diagram in this reflection.
I plan on shooting the high key photo with a speed light on the right side pointing at the person from a kind of low angle and making it cast a slight shadow on to the background. lights will be turned on.
for the low key we had and idea of making the person dark by brightening the background almost like a spotlight behind them with the lights turned off and one light far away from the person behind the camera
Final Photos:
Reflection:
Describe the process, or workflow, you went through to create these images?
First we made our lighting diagrams and then we looked at examples on google, the next thing we did was go into the studio with our cameras and a speed light and set up the speed light to where it was on the diagram and started taking pictures for the low key photo we didn’t know how to use the speed light to get the effect so we used the regular lights that are in the studio.
What did you do for pre-production? What did you do for production?
Pre-production was already answered above put for the production we set up a speed light for the high key put it on a stool pointing at a person with the beige background and started shooting after we got the pictures we wanted we edited them in light room and Photoshop. on the low key pictures we didn’t use a speed light but we used the lights in the studio to point at the background and one far from the person and camera behind us just so it wouldn’t be to dark.
How did Strong’s demonstration help you in creating one high and one low key image?
To be honest it didn’t really help because i didn’t understand how to use the strobe or speed light i only knew what they could do but didnt know how to do it and by the time we where taking pictures i had forgotten what you said so i only understood the speed light part a little bit.
How did making the lighting diagrams help you in creating your final high and low key images?
The lighting diagrams helped us by knowing how we wanted the room to be set up before we got in the studio so it made the process a bit smoother.
What did you learn about off camera flash as a result of working on this project?
It can make cooler effects and you can work with it a lot better because you get the lighting where you want instead of where the camera is pointing and you can get cool shadows depending where you put the light.
Do you think your image tells a good story?
Yeah, i think my images tell a good story especially the low key one because it almost look like the person is on a stage because of the spotlight behind him also making the photo kind of mysterious.
What would you do differently if you could do it all again?
If i could do it again i would try to use the strobe because i didn’t really know how to use it and in the photos i would try to get the camera to focus more in the low key photo.
What are you most proud of?
On the high key photo i’m most proud of hoe the eyes look on the person and the shadows the speed light made on his face and behind him. On the low key one i’m most proud of the spotlight effect and how mysterious it looks.
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