

Goal
- Explore lighting for 3 different more formal photos
- Learn to use the photo studio, product studio and use a reflector
- Learn three point lighting
Standards, Terms, and Concepts
- Demonstrate and explain high key
- Demonstrate and explain low key
- Demonstrate and explain three point lighting
- Demonstrate and explain key light
- Demonstrate and explain fill light
- Demonstrate and explain bounce light
- Demonstrate and explain back or kicker light
Product
- Blog post with embedded images from Flickr
Examples
- To be placed later
Steps
- Take4 studio pictures:
- Four in the portrait studio
- Front
- Profile
- Straight with squinch, forehead forward, chin down, jaw out
- Turned with squinch, front shoulder down, chin down, jaw out with ear toward the camera
- One in the product studio
- One outside with a reflector
- One outside without a reflector (the same person and setup from the reflector picture to show what it looks like without the extra light)
- Four in the portrait studio
- Take pictures in teams of three at each station
- Upload pictures to your Flickr account
- Embed your images in a blog post titled, Studio Lighting Project
Tools
- Light Settings and Set Up Worksheet (PDF)
- Adobe Story
- Canon Digital Rebel SLR camera
- Various focal length lens: 18-55mm lens, 55-250mm zoom telephoto lens, 50mm prime lens
- YouTube Video for editing
- Flickr.com
Resources
- 20 Lighting Tutorials for Film and Video – FilmMakerIQ
- Studio lighting books in classroom
- Soft Boxes 101: A Lighting Lesson – The Slanted Lens
- Umbrellas 101 – Photography & Video Tutorial – The Slanted Lens
- The Basics of a One Light Setup: A Lighting Tutorial – The Slanted Lens
- Advanced One Light Setups – Photography & Video Tutorial – The Slanted Lens
- How Camera Angle Affects the Body Shape: A Video Lighting Tutorial – The Slanted Lens
- 6 Tips for Setting Up a Home or Office Studio – Photography & Lighting Tutorial – The Slanted Lens
- Peter Hurley’s YouTube Channel
- VideoMaker Product Photo Tips Video
- Scott Le Duc’s Product Photo Delicious Links
- Scott Le Duc’s Studio Photo Delicious Links