Lighting Studio

Group Portrait Shoots, Lighting and editing

We will be using our NEW Lighting equipment to learn about how to properly light the face for portraits by starting shooting in groups. Using both a stationary camera on a tripod and a floating camera, we will use our three lights, Main, Kicker, and Back light to capture FOUR different images that will show:

1. Correct lighting
2. Too warm
3. Too cool
4. High Contrast

We will be working in groups of 4-5 students and will rotate camera duties, posing, and lighting duties. After the shoot, you will be editing YOUR images to show the FOUR categories, so make sure that everyone in your group is responsible for their jobs so you get the best lighting/pictures/examples.

We will talk more in class, but get started, let's see how awesome a lighting studio and portraits can be!

Editing Landscapes

Landscapes - 5 Best of Versions, 5 Altered Landscapes
You have 10 Total images due for your next project. You will need to have 5 landscapes: An original version and one altered version of each. The amount and type of alteration is up to you, we will review the images on the computers, so there is no need to print out your images.

Remember our discussions about landscapes, use your editing tools as necessary and have fun!

Best of Version:

FIVE THINGS TO DO TO EVERY, EVERY, EVERY PHOTOGRAPH/IMAGE

There are FIVE steps that we can do to EVERY image to get the "Best Of" version. Whether you edit it beyond these five steps is up to you, but these are the minimum steps we want to do to every image. So without further ado:

1. Resize
2. Unsharp Mask
3. Brightness/Contrast
4. Hue/Saturation
5. Evaluate

We will do this steps from now until the end of the tri to every image. What you do beyond that will be up to you, the parameters of the assignments, and your knowledge of the software.


Alternative Landscapes


Continue with the Basics of Photoshop and editing.