Lighting

Before this lesson I knew nothing about how to take photos of my work, and what lighting and settings I should use etc, so this lesson was really helpful. Here are some of the tips that I learnt.

• Have the image quality on large

• JPEG- gives you a good final image

• RAW- gives you an image that you edit and play around with later

• Tungsten light - 3200k, Daylight- 5600k. This is the white balance, which you adjust depending on the type of light so you get the colours accurate.

• You need to choose your picture style, i.e. portrait, landscape etc.

• Format card- wipes off any previous images so you have a full card to use.

• ISO- 400, this is how sensitive the camera is to light

• Goose lights- these are small lights with bendy necks, which can be attached to tables etc.

• Can use a lenses on some lights to magnify or shrink the light beam, can also use covers to change the shape and colour.

• Have your camera in manual so you can adjust everything.

• Three Point Lighting- key light, fill light, back light. This set out helps separate actors from the background, and originated from the theatre. Good technique to use when photographing costume.