Week 23: MC Dyslexic Technical Workshop: The Bletchley Park Sessions (Code in Lighting) - Colossus (Glamour)
What are we aiming towards?
- Using flash or/& HMI to create four images conveying glamour or sex.
How are we going to do this?
Task 1:
Produce four images with...
- An image with a lit background
- An image with a dark background
- An image with a dramatic background
- An image with a dramatic foreground
Image with a lit background:
We used a grey colorama back-drop, two lights (one projected onto the back-drop, the other onto the model). Black polyester boards were placed slightly behind the model either side, blocking off the light which was projecting onto the back-drop and from the set-up next door.
The camera aperture was set to 6.3, ISO 100, and shutter speed 1/125.
Image with a dark background
We continued with the grey colorama back-drop but turned the background lighting off to create a darker background. Between the shots we had only one light with a soft-box facing the model, and for other images we had two soft-boxes facing the model. We felt the two lit the model completely and created no mood. I really liked the mood it was setting, and the light was very soft which I really enjoyed shooting. With the dark background, and softly lit foreground, I feel the images shot definitely convey sex; as well as the postures formed from the model. The camera aperture was set to 6.3, ISO 100 and shutter speed of 1/125.
Image with a dramatic background
Gels were used to help us create this dramatic background. A light was placed behind the model on the floor, facing up onto the back-drop. Another was a soft - box facing the model. We started off using a red gel but felt it wasn't conveying any meaning. We needed something a little darker and contrasting. We then experimented with a purple gel, which the effect was definitely there. The model contrast nicely between the background and foreground, and the colour set a mood of lust because of its richness. I much preferred the purple gel, especially with the difference of white breaking it up. Apertures varied between 5 and 6.3. ISO 100, and shutter speed of 1/125.
Image with a dramatic foreground
We continued experimenting with gels, with a blue gel placed on the background lighting. A red gel on the right side of the set-up on top of the soft box, and a purple gel placed on the left side of the set up on top of a soft box. As a group we were extremely pleased with the outcome, due to recommendations from Matt showing us multiple exposure. This workshop would have been very helpful within my shoots for the D&AD project as I was practising with gels and slow shutter speed to capture movement. I feel this technique would have made a huge difference and perhaps created more of an effect than what I've finished with. We played around with the gels, swapping the front two to get an even amount of each displayed on the model. One minute we were over powered by one colour washing out the other, therefore we switched around.
The camera aperture was set to 6.3, ISO 100, and shutter speed 1/125.
Image with a dark background
We continued with the grey colorama back-drop but turned the background lighting off to create a darker background. Between the shots we had only one light with a soft-box facing the model, and for other images we had two soft-boxes facing the model. We felt the two lit the model completely and created no mood. I really liked the mood it was setting, and the light was very soft which I really enjoyed shooting. With the dark background, and softly lit foreground, I feel the images shot definitely convey sex; as well as the postures formed from the model. The camera aperture was set to 6.3, ISO 100 and shutter speed of 1/125.
Image with a dramatic background
Gels were used to help us create this dramatic background. A light was placed behind the model on the floor, facing up onto the back-drop. Another was a soft - box facing the model. We started off using a red gel but felt it wasn't conveying any meaning. We needed something a little darker and contrasting. We then experimented with a purple gel, which the effect was definitely there. The model contrast nicely between the background and foreground, and the colour set a mood of lust because of its richness. I much preferred the purple gel, especially with the difference of white breaking it up. Apertures varied between 5 and 6.3. ISO 100, and shutter speed of 1/125.
Image with a dramatic foreground
We continued experimenting with gels, with a blue gel placed on the background lighting. A red gel on the right side of the set-up on top of the soft box, and a purple gel placed on the left side of the set up on top of a soft box. As a group we were extremely pleased with the outcome, due to recommendations from Matt showing us multiple exposure. This workshop would have been very helpful within my shoots for the D&AD project as I was practising with gels and slow shutter speed to capture movement. I feel this technique would have made a huge difference and perhaps created more of an effect than what I've finished with. We played around with the gels, swapping the front two to get an even amount of each displayed on the model. One minute we were over powered by one colour washing out the other, therefore we switched around.
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