Assignment Description:
1:3 lighting ratio. This photo is classic lighting.
Items:
Softbox
This light is your main light. Get a light reading with just this first. The light should be 45 degrees off the axis of the camera and 45 degrees above the subjects eyes.
Subject
Your subject should have the main light lighting only part of the face and the shadows should be just a little to show the 1:3 ratio.
White backdrop
Keep the subject a few feet from the background and do not use more lights to light it.
(D)SLR
Choose the lowest ISO. Use a portrait lens 50mm if you don’t have full frame camera can work. No more than 100mm.
Octobox
This is your fill light and get just a reading of this 2nd. Be sure it is 1/2 the power (1 f/stop less) than the main light. After this is done get a 3rd light reading of both lights which will be the setting for the camera. It can be level with the eyes, but you may have to move up with glasses to avoid glare.
Here are the results:
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| by: Lisa Mironuck |
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| by: Sasha Stark |
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| by Annett Rek |
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| by Ellis Peeters |
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| by Malcolm Adair |
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| by Sharon Reitsma |
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| by Lauren R. Tercero |
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| by Joshua Soon Yong Choi |
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| by Janie Wakefield |
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| by Francisco Leon V. |
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| by Deborah Mataia |
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| by Tom Yu |
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| by Elsa Mesot |
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| by Hastings Franks |
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| by Katie Suderman |
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| by Sarah L. Quinones |