Transcript Professional Studio Lighting

Professional Studio Lighting
Kris baum
Setup
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Mac laptop – Simon
Two cameras & enough lenses & simon’s light meter
Get Camera fixed & sync cables & spare soft box
Shoot to camera is working
Sync cables & Pocket Wizards
Kill spill stands
Morning tea & afternoon tea
Course material prepared – with practical goals.
Music for CD player
Get some interesting props and wallpapers
Prepare lighting diagrams (example lighting scenarios)
– Specularity, shadows, light distance, light angle, dropoff rate
Lighting Scenarios req’d
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
High key
Low Key
Hard lighting
Soft lighting
Rembrandt
Butterfly
Side Lighting
Gel Effects
Gobo Effects
Background gradation
Structure of the practicals
•
•
•
•
Explain the theory or technical with course notes
Show demonstration of key aspects with the lights in studio. try making the
demo hands on & involve students.
Hand tasks to students for the two groups – with end goals in mind.
Of the two groups made of 3 people
– Assistant
– Photographer
– Model
•
•
•
•
•
Each student must produce their own images from each prac with their own
camera & their own memory cards in JPG mode.
Students should alternate after producing one lighting scenario
Students are encouraged to get creative, interact with the other student and
produce a creatively appealing image / portrait.
Only one image (or one FAVOURITE) should be selected for each prac
Apon finishing prac exercises, students hand over their memory cards and I
show the class the selected images on screen – on my 19inch monitor