P&P-Part 1; Exercise 3; Experimenting with light

Exercise; Experimenting with light

I have to take between four-six standard head and shoulders portraits with different lighting effects, I chose to do the following;-

• Shade
• Sunlight
• Reflective
• Dappled

 
1^st Shade

1; 1/60 seconds at f/7.1

This was taken under the shade of a tree; I think I managed to get a good amount of light by using a slower shutter speed, but keeping the clarity of the face by keeping the f-stop low.

 

 2^nd Sunlight

  2; 1/320 seconds at f/7.1

I wanted to use strong sunlight to see how the image would look and what challenges I would have taking this image. It was difficult to make her not look completely washed out on one side and dark on the other. She still looks a bit washed out, but you can still see the contours of her face.

 

3^rd Reflective

 

3; 1/40 seconds at f/7.1

I love this image, it is exactly the image I had in my head, I wanted to achieve clarity of her reflection in the door, the day was cloudy and I thought I would need bright sunlight, however, the cloud cover proved quite useful, as there wasn’t an overpowering light, I believe the cloud is what achieved the clarity.

 

4^th Dappled

4; 1/80 seconds at f/7.1

 I wanted to achieve the dappled light effect from a gap in a tree, which I managed to do, however, her hair also proved quite useful for this look as well, again I used a slow shutter speed to allow the light to bleed thorough.