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Rotation 2: Introduction to Portrait Lighting

Competency: #802 Compose a photograph through the lens & #803 Demonstrate use of lighting.

 

For this assignment, you will be photographing a mannequin first. You will photograph each of the lighting styles we go over, as well as the creative ones of your choice.

After showing you know the correct lighting and light setups, you will photograph a classmate with the required lighting(s). You may also have time to photograph a student outside of the DPI classroom to 

 

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Lighting Styles light position:

  • Butterfly - light above

  • Loop - light 45° to the side above the subject

  • Rembrandt - triangle of light on 'cheek'

  • Split - light directly to the side of your subject

  • Broad vs Short - face turned away from camera

butterfly.jpg

butterfly

split.jpg

split

loop.jpg

loop

short.jpg

rembrandt

Broad-and-Short-Lighting-short-1295_edited.jpg

short

Broad-and-Short-Lighting-broad-1265_edited.jpg

broad

horro.jpg

uplight/horror

backlit.jpg

backlit

Creative Lighting

Once you finish shooting your mask with the 6 traditional portrait lighting styles, now it's time to get creative, pull out your string/fairy lights and use them to light your mask, use your whisk, cheese grater or blinds to make interesting shadows, use colored paper over your light to make a gel, or try something new we didn't go over.  You will need to try at least 3 different creative techniques and photograph at least 6 different photographs.

 

Make sure you pay attention to your exposure and composition during both assignments!

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In Teams, make sure you upload the 6 lighting styles it the light assignment and your 6 (not more than 10) creative ones into the creative assignment.

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