Outdoor Flash

1. Make a portrait where the person’s face and the background are the same exposure.

2. Make a portrait where the person’s face is exposed one stop under and the background is normally exposed.  Drop the power of the strobe by one stop keeping the f stop the same.
3. Make a portrait where the person’s face is normally exposed and the background is one stop under.
4. Make a portrait where the person’s face is normally exposed and the background is two stops under.



All four should be photographed in exactly the same place to make it earier to compare the results.

IRIS_ Daylight+Prophoto

ISO 160

                                      1/25_f8.0                                                            1/25_f8.0

                                       1/50_f8.0                                                          1/100_f8.0

Strobe and Continuous Light

Set the camera on Strobe light balance.

Photograph a person with just the strobe light on the person

Photograph a person with just the tungsten light on the background

Photograph a person using strobe on the person and tungsten

on the background combined

Try some with motion.

Post each photograph separately.

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Strobe light on Iris

Tungsten light on the background

Strobe on Iris/ Tungsten on Background

Strobe on Iris/ Tungsten on Background with Motion

Set the camera on Tungsten light balance.

Photograph a person with just the strobe light on the background
Photograph a person with just the tungsten light on the person
Photograph a person using strobe on the background and tungsten
on the person combined

Try some with motion.

Strobe light on the background

Tungsten light on Iris

Tungsten light on Iris/ Strobe on background

Tungsten light on Iris/ Strobe on background with Motion

Size Matter

Take two portraits of a person one with the 21" Beauty Dish and one with the Octabank and get the same results by using the placement of the subject, the light and the background. Look at results from class demonstration for ideas.

One Strobe and a Softbox

Photo 1
Using one strobe with a softbox, light a person against a white background so that their face has a highlight and shadow side. 
The background should appear darker on the highlight side and the lighter on the shadow side.

Photo 2
Using one strobe with a softbox, light a person against a white background so that their face is evenly lit and the background is black.

3 Light Hollywood Portrait

Using classic Rembrandt light (45 to side 45 up) create a portrait with key , fill 2 stops under exposed and backlight. Check the class blog under Lesson 4 to see how it should be laid out.

Using three lights invent your own formula.

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One Light

Using the 250 watt halogen bulb in the equipment closet, make a portrait by selecting a quality and direction of light to communicate an emotion that you feel about a person. Make an additional portrait that reflects the opposite feeling you have about the person. Explain in writing the laws of light that were at work in each portrait.

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Iris is a very special and lovely rainbow genius.
I wanted to portray her using a strong direct light, by faking the halogen bulb as it was the sun and using a white background.
As opposite, I used dramatic lighting, creating a strong shade and a black background.

Demonstrate the 3 Laws of Light in One Photograph

In one photograph using one light source clearly demonstrate the 3 laws of light at work. Include the light source in the photograph. The subject is the light. Think of it as more of a physics project than a photograph. Use a dodging tool  to prevent the light from flaring the lens.  Try to crop out any rigging you might use and make the image about the light.