Assignment 6: 1920's Portrait

Replicated Light

Set-up

Reflector: angled slightly on subject and shadow

Large Softbox: over camera

Power 120V Settings:

Assignment 5: Obama's People

The Replication:

A grey backdrop was used instead of a white backdrop.  The size of the umbrellas I used also varied.  I had one medium umbrella on the right and one large umbrella on the left.  The strobe heads pointed straight and the center to the umbrella came up to the subjects head.  A beauty dish was placed about 9ft up and pointed slightly down at an angle.  I did not use v-flats as depicted below.

The Replication was based on these photographs from the behind the scenes photographs:

Photo by Kira Pollack

The New York Times - Obama's People by Nadav Kander  http://www.nadavkander.com 

According to Creative Review, Kandar's project was inspired by the work of Richard Avedon, from 1976, which featured 73 portraits of powerful people and was published in Rolling Stone magazine.

 David Axelrod, Senior Advisor

 Mona Stuphen, Deputy White House Chief of Staff

Ken Salazar, Interior Secretary

Diagram:

After evaluating the diagram, before shooting, we discussed using a ring flash to achieve the shadow around the subject and using a strobe to light the face.

Assignment 4: Green Screen

GREEN SCREEN: Lighting for Compositing

PRODUCTION: 

LIGHTING DIAGRAM:

Assignment 3: Commercial Still Life of a Toilet Seat

Photograph to Emulate:

I wanted to photograph my toilette seat with even lighting like above and as a part of a sculpture using the same lighting.  Below is the original plan I had in mind:

STUDIO SHOOT:

 Small Softbox only

 Small Softbox Only

Assignment 2: 1937 Portrait

Photograph to Emulate: 

Portrait  (1937), Man Ray

Production:

The whole simple set

Light in relation to subject

 ISO 50
1/10sec @ f6.3

6ft from Black Background and 6ft from Phase One, Arri 650.