Camera and Lighting Test Shoot 14/10/15

Test Shoots 14/10/15
For our first practical lesson Bronya, Charlie and I were in a group getting to grips with setting up a beauty shoot and taking our first portrait photos. Throughout the lesson, we were adjusting the height of the camera and light and playing with the brightness of the lamps to perfect the beauty photography skill.

The first set up looked like this. We sat the model down and took the camera to that level on the tripod. The light were also set up on a tripod with a beauty dish over the bulb and we set this up, again, directly infront of the models face. We tested a few shots to begin with to get to grips with the lighting and got used to the exposure. Our first few shots were bright and washed out. The girls looked great and the skin looked flawless, however, it was bleached and there was no depth to the photographs. It gave us a good starting point to work with the lighting, poses and height of camera.

For the second setup, we raised the light to above the model and brought the camera up to her face whilst she was standing. Some of our photographs in the first set up were often from underneath the models face which did not create the most flattering images. This technique also allowed us to produce more interesting shadows under cheekbones and jawlines - emphasising the girls' naturally beautiful attributes. The skin for both of them became clearer but nonetheless flawless. The images below are some experiments with posing with hands and my favourites from the test shoots from this lesson (including an image of myself as the model being directed by Bronya.)

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