If you have access to the relevant
equipment, imagine that you have been asked by a client to take a fairly formal
portrait photograph – for example a graduation portrait. (Commercial
photographers take hundreds of these in a day at graduation ceremonies.)
The main point of this exercise is to get
to grips with studio lighting so experiment with your lighting effects and make
notes in your learning log or blog.
Harry is our next door neighbour and had just gained his Masters Degree in English Literature. He wanted an informal portrait of himself for his parents and asked me if I could oblige? Here's the result of my studio portraits
Here's a very informal image as he is relaxed and smiling.
The lighting was from a single light with a 3 foot softbox from the left hand side.
This image is using the same set up with one main light covered with a 3 ft softbos from the front left but this time Harry was looking at it directly. This gave a nice soft light enough to highlight his whole face but with no reflection off his glasses.
I particularly like this image as he is relaxed with his hand under his chin. Some people might think that the hand dominates the image but I think it allows the eye to follow it up the side of the face to the eyes which are looking slightly to the left of the camera. The light, still with a softbox, is to the left front of the subject.
The black and white image is my favourite as Harry looks the most relaxed in a way that his parents would like. I know there is no fancy mortor or gown but this is how he wanted to look.
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