Today we had our first session in the studio where we looked at different ways to light the subject and the background. Above is an image of Helen and we used 2 lights, on on either side of Helen with barn doors focused on the subject. To make the background dark, we used polystyrene board painted black and didn't put any light on them at all. I really like the look of a typical portrait but I think it would be good to put it in contrast with another image of the person just being themselves. The image below was an experimental shot of Helen where she was just messing around. I think changing shutter speeds is a good way of creating really interesting images, I think if I was to redo the image below I'll either make it faster to get a sharper image or slow it down so that the hair is blurred even more to create motion in the image.
Next time I am in the studio I think I will use a white background and soft boxes to create a different type of light and see which I prefer and which I will use for my final images.
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