Practice Shots

Full Body Shot

This full body shot was taken with two lights on either side of Mikayla. There was ambient light coming from the large windows on her right, which is some of what casts such a long shadow of her on the ground. This photo was a little dark, so I brightened it up in Bridge. I wish I could've made the background darker and had more light on the model, but I still like the way the lighting turned out in this picture.

 Expressing Different Emotions

This picture of Gabby was taken in the studio while I was practicing and experimenting with lighting before we started our magazine shoot. She was making funny faces for the camera and I thought that was a perfect opportunity for a shot expressing different emotions. For the lighting of this picture, I had a light flashing to Gabby's right, trying to create a dramatic shadow on half of her face. I wish the background had been darker but other than that I like the lighting of this photo.

 Gel Lighting

This picture was taken outside, and I used a light to the right/front of Jazmin. There was a green gel over the light. The background was a fairly white wall, so I was able to get a pretty good amount of green light from the gel onto the background as well as the model. I also worked a bit with trying to get as much green on the subject as possible, because it was so bright outside, but I really like how this picture ended up coming out.

Dramatic Lighting Ambient

This was taken outside with one flash to Jazmin's left. The light coming from the flash is very hard and directly on the model's turned face, which is what makes it so dramatic. I really like how bright this picture turned out, I just wish I could've taken the picture again with the same lighting set up, but a different background.

 Dramatic Lighting Inside

This picture was taken with a hard flash on the right side of Gabby. I used this picture for my dramatic lighting photo, because I think the shadows on the left side of her face are very dramatic. I really like how the lighting for this photo came out, and this shot helped me in deciding the type of lighting to use for one of my inside shoots, which I took later during this with this same model.

More Dramatic Lighting

I took this picture while trying to set up the lights for one of my inside shoots. I think this photo has very dramatic lighting, because even though the model is lit fairly evenly, the light behind her illuminating her hair gives a dramatic feel to the image. I really like how this photo came out, and I also am glad I figured out how to take a good inside shot by really learning how to use the hair light.