The next tasks we were given, were to try adding lights into the set up, we learnt more about the lights in the back.
So these are the lights that could be combined together, but shown separately.
Main Light:
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| (ISO - 100) f8 1/100 |
This is basically the main light source which is coming from the front, this was the light that had been moved around in part one. It's usually the brightest light source depending on the effect you want. In this exercise, it was coming from the right.
Fill Light:
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| (ISO - 100) f8 1/100 |
The fill light is usually the opposite side of the camera in a similar angle to the subject, in this case, on the left side. Fill lights pretty much fill in the shadows in opposition from the main light source, they tend to be more dimmer if you still want some tone on the skin.
Background Light:
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| (ISO - 100) f8 1/100 |
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| (ISO - 100) f5.6 1/100 |
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| (ISO - 100) f5.6 1/100 |
Background lighting is basically that, it illuminates the background, you can do it fully with 2 lights to make it white or like in these images, use one specified background reflector light. So in the first one, having the previous settings on the camera, I felt it was too dark, so I opened up the aperture to let more of the light into the lens, yet this didn't work, so I figured the light actually had to be closer. The third image shows that this was the answer to my problems!
Rim Light:
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| (ISO - 100) f4.5 1/60 |
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| (ISO - 100) f4.5 1/30 |
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| (ISO - 100) f13 1/100 |
The Rim light is the light that is placed behind the subject and aimed to skim across round the edges of the head which highlights the hair, making it look like it's glowing. The first attempt was too dark, the second I slowed the shutter speed but the problem was that the flash wasn't synced up. Then later on in the tasks when we were trying different techniques, we'd synced the flash already and found this out, only the aperture was more closed which I'm guessing made sure the light didn't leak over too much perhaps? Well the settings in the third made it work anyway.
Main and Fill Light:
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| (ISO - 100) f5 1/60 |
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| (ISO - 100) f6.3 1/100 |
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| (ISO - 100) f6.3 1/100 |
Main and fill lighting are the two lights at the front of the subject, the combination looks like these examples. The first one was too bright, so I closed up the aperture a bit and made the shutter speed quicker. Then in the third one I turned down the fill light.
Main and Background Light:
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| (ISO - 100) f6.3 1/100 |
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| (ISO - 100) f6.3 1/100 |
The main light and the fill light basically lights up the subject and background with single lights lighting each, I think the fast shutter speed may have caused the orange tint in the background light. I used the same settings in each but there were shadows from the adjacent studio lighting set up, so I had to redo the shot. The background light emphasises the shadows and silhouette on the left side.
Fill and Background Light:
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| (ISO - 100) f6.3 1/100 |
This is different to the main light and background light, not only is the fill light on the left side, it's also softer and not as harsh.
Background and Hair Light:
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| (ISO - 100) f6.3 1/100 |
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| (ISO - 100) f6.3 1/100 |
The hair light is meant to shine on the hair basically, so this is the combination of the background light and the emphasis of the shine on the hair with the hair light. The second one has a brighter setting on the light.
Fill and Hair Light:
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| (ISO - 100) f6.3 1/100 |
The hair light and the fill light is almost identical to the main light and fill light, however; the hair light being on the same side; is moved anticlockwise slightly in this case.
Background Light, Hair Light and Fill Light:
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| (ISO - 100) f6.3 1/100 |
The background is white, the hair has a shine and the face is lit up.
Rim Light (Remastered!):
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| (ISO - 100) f10 1/100 |
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| (ISO - 100) f10 1/100 |
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| (ISO - 100) f10 1/100 |
This time when a tutor told us we'd not had the flash synced up, we managed to get this right! So we started off with a simple main light to begin with, then added the rim light behind the head and then the fill light. The main light and rim light combination is the favourite because it's nicely toned and nor too dark or bright.
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