JAW
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First PortraitsI got my first ever portrait shots on tuesday for my photography at school. We were using a somewhat cheap and cheery 'studio' at school which was really a disused tech store room, with a white sheet hanging over a cupboard and a lamp.
Any way here's the results, as usual C&C is valued:
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Hamish
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Is that a proper SG? 
Okay. Proper comments.
I know nothing about studio lighting but the shadows on the face look really good. However, the big shadow in the background on a few of them is a bit of a spoiler. And the really cheesy pose/expression on last is a wee bit naff. Again, I know very little about this so I'll wait for bluebomberx to speak. Good work fella.
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Dougie
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I really like these, especially the 5th and 6th, but is there any reason they're all black and white?
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Roo
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Studios are or should be good because you can really control the light. I don't know if you had any other lights you could play with but using one hard light for the subject and background isn't going to produce amazing results. If you want a white background, you'd usually bounce a light either side onto it so that it's around 2 stops over your camera exposure. You'd then bring the subject as far away from the background as possible, so that you can light him seperately and so that you reduce any flare coming from the background. The easy and well used lighting is a softbox to the front and side and maybe a polyboard/reflector on the other side then a snooted light from behind on the opposite side at least a stop over for a bit of a back/rim light.
The 'studio' there looks very limited, in space, lighting and backgrounds so I imagine you can't try out much of what I've written above!
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JAW
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| Hamish wrote: | | Is that a proper SG? |
No, i think it was an £80 replica. Looked the real deal though!
| Dougie wrote: | | I really like these, especially the 5th and 6th, but is there any reason they're all black and white? |
Cheers, the reson i put them in black and white was that it simply looked better! I could post a colour one but i don't reckon it would look that great.
| Roo wrote: | | The 'studio' there looks very limited, in space, lighting and backgrounds so I imagine you can't try out much of what I've written above! |
Exactly - small space, small background, one light!
BTW, I'd like to submit one of these for a comp (under the subject 'people') and would like your opinions as to which one i should submit??? Thanks!
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bluebomberx
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Roo touched on a lot of good points. Not to worry about the size of the space too much. My first home studio was probably the same size or smaller and I made it work the best I could. I'm assuming you were using a constant light source as opposed to a strobe. With only one small point light source, your best bet would be one of two options. The first, leave you subject where he is and position the light behind you and above the camera. This will make all of the shadows fall down behind him and they won't be as noticeable. The second idea requires you to pull your subject a few feet from the background if you can. This will allow any shadows to fall on the ground instead of the background. The catch is the background might go dark. Hope that helps, JAW.
BTW, I think I like the fourth the best.
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JAW
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Yes, that does help thanks! I'll try that if i get another chance.
Funnily enough i was thinking of submitting 4 myself....
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