Thursday, September 26, 2013

Three Light Portrait

 
Key light                                      Fill light                                      Back light

Traditional Hollywood Lighting

Lighting using a 1:1 ratio and a hair light




Sunday, September 8, 2013

The Inverse Square Law



Light at: 2ft
1/4 sec f/5 @ iso160

Light at: 4ft 
1/13 sec f/5 @ iso160
 Light at: 8ft
.4 sec f/5 @ iso160
Light at: 16ft
1.3 sec f/5 @ iso160


















The results of this lighting test showed that as the light source moved further away from all three cards, their values became closer to one another. When the light was closer to the cards, there was a bigger difference between the value of the three cards (the closest one to the light being the brightest and the furthest away card being the darkest).



2.5 sec f/10 @ iso160

BLACK card: approx. 3 ft from light (1 ft from camera)
GREY card: approx. 6 ft from light
WHITE card: approx. 18ft from light


The results of this lighting test showed just how much of a difference the distance of a light source to an object will change the brightness/value of the object.