Lighting Techniques

Lighting Styles
http://www.fodors.com/focus/focselect.cfm?catid=7

• Creating Killer Headshots: The Cheap Way! - David Griffin
• A quick start guide to the one light setup - David Griffin
  
• Back Lighting - Studio Lighting Setup - StudioLighting.net
  
• Paramount (Butterfly) Lighting - Studio Lighting Setup - StudioLighting.net
  
• Multiple Light Portrait Setup Hints - David E. Price
  
• Short Lighting - Studio Lighting Setup - StudioLighting.net
  
• Broad Lighting - Studio Lighting Setup - StudioLighting.net

Portraits (not studio/in class)

1. Find an interesting human subject. The person you choose should WANT to be in the picture and they should be willing to cooperate.

2. Talk to your subject. You are the director of this adventure, make it what you want. Use colors or lighting to create a concept for your portrait. Costumes or uniforms work great. Imaginary ideas are OK. Choose an interesting setting based on your concept.

3. Change angles between shots. Shoot at least 25 pictures of your ONE subject.

5. Change your lighting; Use filters, flashlights, lamps, or multiple lights to enhance your picture.

6. Remember you are the boss, make them change their expression. Pretend it is high fashion and they have to create the next great "look" like blue steel (Zoolander).

7. Most importantly for this assignment don't forget your composition rules. Use framing, leading lines, rule of thirds, color contrast etc. to enhance your photo. Fill the frame!!!!

HAVE FUN & BE CREATIVE!!!! try to think out of the norm to come up with a creative setting, pose, expression, outfit, etc to make an amazing portrait!!!!

Studio Lighting...

Studio Lighting!!!
Your task this week is to shoot some interesting , creative and unique portraits using the studio lights. Remember the different lighting techniques demonstrated in class. Use the lights to add emotion, feeling, or interesting shadows to your images. Try to think out of the box, manipulate the image with Manual settings on the camera, blur motion, stop action, take tons of pics, and have FUN! Shoot for 1/2 the period in groups of 3 to 6 per light station. Everyone should shoot their own photo session. Take turns as each others subjects. Shoot a minimum of 12 pictures per photographer. We will then edit them and make one fantastic
using your photoshop skills.

Self Portrait Extra Credit...

If you are done editing and have turned in your self portraits take some time today to earn some extra credit! Create a comic of yourself. Be creative and turn one of your self portrait images into a cartoon or comic, add text or thought bubbles, make it funny, have a social commentary, tell a story, use a bunch of pics and make a whole comic strip etc.



tutorials for help:

turning your pic into a comic style:

• http://psd.tutsplus.com/web/20-insane-comic-book-style-photoshop-effects/
• http://www.tutorialized.com/view/tutorial/Photo-to-Cartoon-Line-Art-Conversion/41947
• http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/Photoshop-blog/2007/09/13/give-your-photos-a-retro-comic-book-effect/

adding text bubbles:

• http://www.tutorialized.com/view/tutorial/Cartoon-Speech-Balloon/33061

tutorials

here are a couple tutorials to follow for light sabers:

http://www.tutorialized.com/view/tutorial/Lightsaber-Glow/6554
http://www.empiredezign.com/version2/portfolio/pages/tutorials/lightsaber.htm
http://www.bluesfear.com/tutorials/Lightsaber.php
http://www.users.on.net/~george/lightsabers_101/
http://r2.robotbuilders.net/cgi/DaiBuckley/index.htm

and some for zombies:
http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/Photoshop-blog/2008/01/16/70-horror-blood-and-gore-photoshop-effects-and-brushes/

http://www.designtutorials.info/texturing-basics/

Ligh Saber or Zombie for Thursday...

All self photos will be due at the end of the period Thursday:

• contact sheet with 40+ GOOD images
• 8 edited images from 4 themes
• one self P edited as zombie or light saber...

EDIT 8 Self Portraits

Edit 2 images for EACH of the 4 categories you chose.

notes from self portrait adjustments

RED EYE:
Channel Mixer Adjustment Layer
Set the red to 0 blue to 50 green to 50

Set my color to black

press alt & delete (paint bucket)

use a paint brush... white
paint over eyes

REMOVE BLEMISHES:
use the healing brush

SMOOTH SKIN:

Select the face (lasso tool - feather set to 10px)

copy selection to a new layer (command J)

Filter > Blur > G. Blur > .8

erase the eyes, mouth, nose,


CHANGE HAIR COLOR:

Lasso - select the face

Select Inverse

Command J

Erased everything not hair

Img Adjust > Color Balance

Hair layer opacity to 50%

still use all the general image adjustments we have learned up to this point. photo filters, image adjustments, layer masks etc.