Studio Practice

In this lesson with Andy we were taught how to use different types of 45° lighting in preparation for photographing our fruit. I was the model for this so I haven't taken these images, they were stolen off Annmarie :)



For this image, the light was placed at 45° to the right of me, level with my head. This caused an unflattering shadow on the other side of my face. The light is also quite harsh.



The light was placed at 45° to the right of my head again, but this time it was raised just above my head making the light a little less harsh but still with unflattering shadows.



For this image, the light was kept just above my head but a reflector was used on the other side of my body to bounce some light back onto my face causeing the light to become softer and getting rid of most of the ugly shadows.



The light by the side of my head was kept at the same height, just above my head, but another light was added behind my head causing ugly reflections again.



For this image the light was placed directly above my head but kept at 45.° This has caused an ugly shadow underneath my chin and neck.




The lighting was kept the same once again, but a reflector was added underneath my chin reflecting the light back up onto my face getting rid of the shadows.



The light was once again kept the same and the reflector in the same place, but there is a back light added. The back light was placed directly behind me facing the background making the image more high key. This is the most flattering set ups of the 45°