Techniques: Low Key Lighting: Image Bank -

High Key Lighting - 

Defintions:

• Low Key Lighting: A style of lighting which contains predominantly dark tones and colours. 
• Chiaroscuro Effect: The treatment of light and shade in art. 
• Key Light: Main light used in the shot; usually a fill light.
• Fill Light: Fills in the shadows of the image.
• Back Light: Lighting behind the subject aimed towards the model to raise the subject away from the backdrop.
• Colour Gel: A transparent colour filter placed over lights. 

Layout:
 

Skills:

• Set up the key light with light diffuser, fill lights with diffusion sock and back lights with two colour gels. 

Examples:

(Unknown)

(Jake Hicks)

(Unkown)

(Jake Hicks)

(Unkown)

Techniques: High Key Lighting: Image Bank -

High Key Lighting - 

Defintions:

• High Key Lighting: Modern lighting technique that is based on using mid-tone greys through to bright whites. The use of bright white lighting  helps to to eliminate shadow and reduce the contrasts in the photograph. 
• Key Light: Main light used in the shot; usually a fill light.
• Beauty Dish: A circular dish which is flexible to have either white or silver inside. White is more diffused and silver is more directional.
• Diffusion Sock: Can be placed over the batty dish to diffuse the light more equally rather than being direct.
• Honeycomb Grid: Restricting the spread of the light evening in the image.
• Colour Gel: A filter placed over the light to give colour to he image. Often complimentary colours are used such as blue and orange to create an intriguing atmosphere.
• Fill Light: Fills in the shadows of the image.
• Back Light/ Clip Light: Lighting behind the subject aimed towards the model to raise the subject away from the backdrop.
• Diffusion Filter: Lens filter placed on the camera lens to diffuse the lighting further.
• Lighting Diagram: A diagram displaying the lighting setup to make note of layout and techniques used.

Layout:

 

Skills:

• Measure light with light metre, with intention to have more light on backdrop than foreground.
• To do this you can set the key light (main light) on the subject to F/8.
• The light on the backdrop will be set to F/11 or F/16 which is one stop, two stops higher than the foreground.

Examples:

(Richard Avedon)

(Rankin)

(Rankin)

(Unknown)

(James Nader)

Techniques: Multiple Exposure: Image Bank -

Multiple Exposure - 

Definitions:

• Multiple Exposure: The layering of two or more exposures to create a single image. 

Skills:

• Manual shooting mode
• Over exposed landscape
• Studio portrait
• Image layering in photoshop

How To Set up Multiple Exposure on Camera:

• Menu
• Multiple Exposure
• Turn Auto Gain off
• Number of shots 2
• Multiple exposure mode on

How To Get It to Work Well:

• Spot metering mode
• Aperture priority mode
• Central focal point
• Then take portrait with maxed out white background
• Up exposure by around 2 F/stops whilst photographing the landscape (like trees)

Photoshop:

• Drag the portrait over the landscape layer
• Click 'Normal' and adjust to the setting to 'Screen' for the top image only

Possible Tools:

• Tripod
• Flash
• Soft box
• Snoot
• Plain backdrop

Examples: 

(Michael Archambault)

(Dan Mountford)

(Andre De Freitas)

(Christopher Relander)

(Chris Rivera)

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Techniques: Multiple Flash: Image Bank -

Multiple Flash - 

Definitions:

• Multiple Flash: A photograph that compiles movement with the use of flash. 

Possible Tools:

• Tripod
• Flash
• Soft box
• Snoot
• Plain backdrop

Examples: 

 

(Unknown)

 

(Unknown)

 

(Gjon Mili)

 

(Gjon Mili)

 

(Unknown)

Techniques: Slow Sync Flash: Image Bank -

Slow Sync Flash - 

Definitions:

• Slow Sync Flash:  Using your flash with a slow shutter speed. It helps you keep your subject sharp while capturing motion or a dark background.
• Ambient Light: Light that is not explicitly supplied by the photographer; the natural lighting. 

Examples: 

(Benjamin Von Wong)

(Benjamin Von Wong)

(Yogendra Joshi)

(Juan Gamundi)

Techniques: Blur: Image Bank -

Sequencing - 

Definitions:

• Blur: Make or become less clear. Something that cannot be seen clearly.

Examples: 

(William Klein)

(William Klein)

(William Klein)

(Christopher Martin)

(Christopher Martin)

(Christopher Martin)

Techniques: Location Portraiture: Image Bank -

Location Portraiture - 

Definitions:

• Location: A particular place or position. 
• Portraiture: An image of a person, or people, which captures their personality. 
• Location Portraiture: An image that depicts a person in a location that either conforms or subverts the norms of the image to allow readers to understand the connotations. 

Skills:

• Depth of Field = Narrow/ shallow (F/5.6)
• Shutter Speed = 1/125
• ISO = 100-400

Examples: 

 

(Diane Arbus)

 

 

(Alec Soth)

(Erika Larsen)

(Cari Ann Wayman)

(Nina Roeder)