Portrait Lighting

Portrait Lighting

Learning how to

control light and the subtle

changes that lighting can have on your

subjects.

Environmental Portraits

Announcement about

Self-Portrait Contest

• Feb 8th optional contest

Studio Portrait - Poster

Slight changes in poses can make all the difference

Studio vs. Environmental

Economy Studio• Shopping List

– Hardware Store• Clip on light: $7 • 100w Bulb, $2-3

– Wal-Mart • Twin to King Size Sheet,

Black and/or White – $4-12

Background Replacement

Rules for Portraits

• There is really a few ABSOLUTE rules–Do not put the camera down on a

table and walk away. Either…• Bless me with the camera• UNTETHER it and place it in the

drawer–Do NOT sit and spin

Types of LightingShort

BroadButterfly

Rembrandt

Other types of studio lighting

The position of the light affects the shape and outline of the face.

Standard frontal lights without background and hair light.

Sample lighting:

We have 2 main umbrella studio lights for Fill and Key light along with a hair light and a background light.

Below is a Portable Studio

Hair Light

Alternative lighting

• High Key– Background is

overexposed– Some skin

tones my be slightly overexposed

One Light

• High hair light

Portrait Fun

Shooting pictures in a studio setting can be a lot of fun because

you have total control over the light…or lack thereof.

Be creative, loosen up, explore, bring props.

But not too much fun

Instructions & Tips• Shoot on both white and Black

backgrounds…starting with whatever is down first. (don’t switch back and forth)

• Shoot on Manual Focus to take pictures quicker, but don’t forget to manually focus.

• Shoot mostly vertical, with right hand on top of the camera (top of the camera to the right).

Exposure Settings

• Exposure Mode Dial: M• Shutter Speed: 1/125• Aperture: 9.5

• To change the shutter speed, rotate the command dial (right upper corner on the back)

• To change the aperture, hold down the AV button (behind shutter release) while rotating the command dial (right upper corner on the back)

AGAIN: Shoot verticals with HAND on top of camera…not under

• Verticals must be hand rotated…but I can do them in a batch as long as they are going the same direction. The above strip of images would require two passes.