Studio Lighting For Photography

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Studio Lighting For Photography

• By
• George Watson

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About Me

• I am From Melbourne, Australia.
• I am a professional photographer in Australia.
• Doing research regarding the studio lights.
• I am sure that at the end you will come to clear
  solution with using studio lights.

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List to be presented

• Why use Studio Equipment?
• Knowledge About Shadows
• Additional Lighting
• Purpose of using Diffusors and Reflectors
• Flash Light vs Continuous Lighting
• Conclusion

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Why use Studio Equipment?

• Studio Photography used to be a expensive
  business.
• This kind of photography was relatively unknown
  to many photographers.

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Knowledge About Shadows
Example - 1
Example - 2

• The length and hardness of a shadow is
  determined by the power of the light source
• Example 1 shows the subject directly lighted
  with one studio flash called the main light. It
  casts a long and sharp shadow.
• Example 2 is lighted with a flash, each using
  a softbox diffuser. Not only is the subject
  lighted more evenly, it lightens up the shadows
  more and makes it more soft.

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Additional Lighting

• Additional lights can be used to light up the
  background.
• For portrait shooting, a third light (effect
  light) is often used as a hair light to create
  more depth in the portrait.

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Purpose of using Diffusors and Reflectors

• The purpose of a diffusor is to evenly spread
  the light, like clouds do with sunlight on a
  cloudy day.
• A softbox is the most common solution. It has a
  reflecting silver layer on the inside, which
  bundles the light before it is emitted forward
  through a diffuser. 

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Flash Light vs Continuous Lighting
Continuous lighting offers a what you see is
what you get approach. This is ideal for product
photography and video. Shooting models is also
possible, but for a model the continuous bright
light is less pleasant. The advantage of flash
light is that you dont neccesarily need a
tripod using studio flashes your photos are less
sensitive to vibration.
Flash Light
Continuous Light
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Thank you