Angie
This is my first try of studio portrait, and my goal in this experience is to try as
more ways of lighting as possible, rather than to take a good photograph. So I tried
both high-key and low-key, different positions of single and multiple lights. Some
provided good effect, while some looked really weird.
In high-key portrait, my model is Sonja. She is a very active, sunny girl; so I
would like to make her pictures bright and clean, with most shadow reduced.
Therefore I did not completely trust the light meter when shooting her, I purposely
over-exposed to make the whole image brighter. But it proves that they are
over-exposed too much – details on her face are lost.
I learn that single light is not enough for a high-key portrait. I tried butterfly
lighting but I did not see obvious effect except that her forehead was over-exposed. In
two-lights experiments I use a filling light to brighten the white background, and it
seems to work.
In low-key portrait my model is Han. He is a shy, silent man; so I want to make
his portraits darker. When reviewing the pictures, I find his glasses a big problem as it
reflects the shape of reflector. I do not know how to solve this – perhaps taking off
glasses should be the only solution. In some pictures I intentionally hided one or two
of his eyes in shadow.
I tried to use Rembrandt lighting on him; but I did not do it well, it just did not
look correct. Need more instruction on this.
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