Photography Workshop in Studio

Here are some notes I made from the studio photography workshop with Eloise Calandre.

Light Meter:

• For medium tone
• Sync lead goes in main light
• Make sure white ball is covered over to the left
• Incident reading is reading light going TO the skin.
• Reading light from camera is reflective reading for if you are photographing lights
• Set mode (Z -shaped arrow and small c icon) for studio with flash & sync lead.
• Match iso, aperture & shutter speed to camera (100 iso for studio)
• Higher iso is for less light unless you want a grainy image.
• Set iso & shutter speed on light meter.

• Don't use really fast shutter speed or really slow (use 1/60 or 1/125)
• For more or less light - turn light up or down, not shutter speed

Flash heads:

• Flash light for brighter, quick & fast light to replicate daylight
• Modelling light - not bright light, just to see what you're doing

Dials:

• Power - flash output
• Lamp - Modelling light (Alter both power and lamp together)
• For stop & tenths just worry about stops.
• Infared controls other lights (cell button)

• Beauty dish - wider light and good for shadows
• When creating shadows, make sure light reading is in correct areas (the area closest to the light source)
• Camera can only see 3 stops difference to stop set on camera.

Eliminating shadows:

• Light both back drop and model separately
• Light model with brighter light (over expose but not too much - 1-1.5 stops brighter)
• Hard light - Not much gradation
• Soft light - more flattering (diffuse light or wider light)

Snoot: Cone shaped light fixture for a spotlight

Honeycombe fixture: cuts light up for a softer light.