Studio lighting practise 1 (LO2, LO3)
In this blog I am posting couple of examples from studio practise using just one light source. I used either snoot or soft box. The description is below the images.
All images were captured with my camera Nikon Z6 and zoom lens 24-70mm f/2.8S. I used Lightroom for final editing.
Butterfly lighting
Image 1: 1/100s, f/8.0, ISO 100, Image 2: 1/100s, f/8.0, ISO 100; zoom lens 24-27mm f/2.8S
Using just one light source -snoot- I created a butterfly lighting on their faces. It is quite harsh light thanks to snoot light directed at a certain part of subject.
Loop lighting
Images 3-6: 1/100s, f/8.0, ISO 100; zoom lens 24-70mm f/2.8S
In these images I created a loop lighting by using a snoot as a light source.
Rembrandt lighting
Images 7-9: 1/100s, f/9.0, ISO 100; zoom lens 24-70mm f/2.8S
I captured a Rembrandt lighting by moving a snoot to the side. Triangle uder one eye is a typical sign of a Rembrandt lighting in portraits. It is important that eyes are well visible. Above are the examples of capturing Rembrandt lighting from the front and from the side of the subject.
Split lighting
Images 10-11: 1/100s, f/10.0, ISO 100; zoom lens 24-70mm f/2.8S
In these images the highlights are softer and that’s thanks to using a soft box as a source of light. Light is spread much wider than with snoot and creates softer/diffused light.
Studio portrait with 4 light sources
This is an example of a portrait when using 4 light sources - two umbrellas pointing at the subject and two barn doors pointing at the background (a white backdrop). I had to adjust a flash power on umbrellas according to a skin tone.
1/100s, f/11.0, ISO 100; zoom lens 24-70mm f/2.8S
