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:
  1. Four in the portrait studio
     1. Front
     2. Profile
     3. Straight with squinch, forehead forward, chin down, jaw out
     4. Turned with squinch, front shoulder down, chin down, jaw out with ear toward the camera
  2. One in the product studio
  3. One outside with a reflector
  4. One outside without a reflector (the same person and setup from the reflector picture to show what it looks like without the extra light)

• 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
  • Tutorial
• 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
  • Squinch
  • Jaw line
• VideoMaker Product Photo Tips Video
• Scott Le Duc’s Product Photo Delicious Links
• Scott Le Duc’s Studio Photo Delicious Links

Feedback Form

• Studio Lighting Operation and Control (PDF)