1. Basic terms and concepts Photography is … Inverse Square Law Color Temperature –Mixing light sources –Filters (in camera, light mounted, window mounted) Needs of camera / mood of shot / invisible 3 point lighting (background, kicker) –Flat lighting, 2-point?, bounce? Typical equipment –Spot of flood –Quartz, HSF or LED –Grid or light stands

2. Key to Effective Lighting: Shadow Shadow gives images form, weight, texture, mood, depth. Also reveals spatial relationships.

3. 3 considerations before lighting Key light placement – 180 degrees around subject Quality of light – hard or soft Shadow treatment – low key or high key

4. Try to separate subject from background

5. 3 results of light hitting object

6. Typical 3 point lighting diagram

7. 3 Attributes of Key Light Primary source of illumination Primary factor of overall exposure Determines placement and quality of shadow

8. Quality of Light Refers to hard or soft quality of light “Pin” or undiffused sources create hard shadows that fall off sharply (fresnel) Soft light is created by using large sources of diffused light. Determined by two attributes –Large source –Relatively close to subject

9. Floor plan of Portrait Key Light Possibilities

10. Subject lit from 3:00 Position

11. Subject lit from 4:00 Position

12. Subject lit from 4:30 Position

13. Subject lit from 6:00 Position

14. See textbook example Catch lights to show proper placement Broadlighting: when the key light shines of the side of the face closest to the camera Short lighting: when the key light is on the side of the face opposite the camera; the camera is on the fill or shadow side

15. Functions of Fill Light Fills shadows created by key light Does not create new shadow

16. Adding Fill for Portrait Lighting

17. Fill Light Without Fill With Fill

18. Backlight Hard backlight Soft Backlight

19. Background With Background Without Background

20. Hard vs. Soft Key Light Hard Soft

21. Relative Distance of Soft Light Source Close Far

22. Lighting Dark Skin with Large Sources of Light Pin Light Source Large Diffused Source

23. One Light Setup Use available Light from existing window

24. One-Light Setup Available Light One-Light Setup

25. One-Light Setup Light directly in front Short Side of Face

26. Color Balance Color Temps Mixing Key light with color correction

27. Warming the Scene Normal Color Balance Tricking Camera to Produce Warmer Tones

28. Using Backlight as Key

29. Use Large sources for Specular Reflections

30. Backlight as Key Creates Form, Depth, Dynamic Images

31. Camera Indoor, outdoor, automatic Manual vs. automatic (of anything) Size of chip (JVC) Camera to subject distance Light to subject distance

32. Lighting effects Silhouette – back lit

33. Lighting effects Cameo: spot on subject, dark background

34. Lighting effects Limbo: softly lit (white) background