Monday, 7 March 2016

Shooting and lighting research

As I will be either creating GIF's or cinemagraphs from my shoots I wanted to look at portrait lighting set up so I have more knowledge of what I will be able to achieve while shooting. From this reseach I have learnt that there are many different lighting set ups that can be used for studio photography. This research was good to undertake prior to shooting as I can now use this as reference for myself and the photographer so that I will get what I want from each shoot.  

This image below was found on Pinterest.

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Below is a video from YouTube of Lindsey Adler giving advise of how to create Cinemagraphs from the concept, to the lighting and then the to the editing. This video has really helped me to develop my concept before reshooting any designs and planning the shoot. Below are the top tips which I have learnt from this video.


What is needed to create a cinemagraph
Tripod to hold camera 3-20 seconds of video
Get exposure and white balance right on camera settings before shooting, as you cannot edit this after
Shoot in manual exposure to ensure exposure doesn’t change while filming, low ISO to decrease noise – use high-resolution video settings

Lighting
Use natural light if possible or modeling lights
No flickering light

Tips

Ensure model face doesn’t move while filming, as you wont be able to take a still from the image

Video found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6pfeLmYqTY

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