Advanced Photography

Last night we went over our test and our umbrella project.  I did well on the test and I think I did well on the umbrella project.

We also started going into the setup of studio lights.  We went through 2 styles of setup:  standard portrait and a high key setup.

 

Standard Portrait Setup
The aperture settings here are just good starting points.  You can adjust them as you need to achieve the desired affect.

High Key Setup
The purpose of a high key setup is to achieve an ethereal look.  You normally want your subject in white.  This setup will give you a pure white background with good detail on the subject.  An example of use for this is mother and baby pictures. 

I will post some sample shots from both of these setups in the next couple of days.