Studio Lighting

All my photos for studio lighting were taken of my twin sister, Jaye. I wanted to get a different expression and mood in each photo. I tried to portray Jaye's character as best as possible through these photographs.

In this photo, the mood is serious. Jaye was looking at somebody as they were passing by the studio, and I captured this expression unexpectedly. The lighting in the picture is stronger on the right and lit from above. The weaker light was a bit lower, closer to her chin. I think the photo describes her well as she looks as if she is over-analyzing something, which she does often!

This photograph represents Jaye's innocence. The 1-2 lighting works as the stronger lighting was on the left slightly lower then the weaker light on the right. This picture captures her caring side, which was great to see! This photo not only has good studio lighting, but also really describes Jaye's sweet personality that she has on a daily basis.

When I see this photo I get mixed feelings. I captured this mood as Jaye was in a daze, daydreaming. I love this picture, however, it shows the opposite. Jaye looks very expression-less. This photo really highlights her beauty, and emphasizes her face perfectly. The studio lighting was lit stronger yet farther back of her head, on the right, and weaker on the left closer to the front of her face. I also added the backlight to weaken the shadow of her head on the back wall. This mood was unintentionally captured, which is why I like it so much!

Multiple Exposure

In photography, a multiple exposure is the superimposition of two or more exposures to create a single image. A multiple exposure can create the illusion of movement in a photo (like this one). In this photo, I used photoshop to combine seven different pictures into one. To create this image, I decided to experiment with motion and how the blur would affect the complete picture. I ended up agreeing that a series of still images would result in a better-finished product. To experiment, I changed the shutter speed and aperture various times, but in the end, I successfully achieved this by using the continuous shutter setting on my camera. This setting helped, because getting seven still photographs while the subject was moving was difficult as it was a cloudy day. Luckily photoshop helped me perfect this!

For the subject of this image, I decided to create a photo of something I know very well. Considering I am a cheerleader, I chose upon a cartwheel! This photo represents my fun and playful side. Cora (in this photo) is such a happy-go-luck person, so she represented this well!