Studio includes zone digital exposure, high low key, various lighting skills

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Studio Portraiture

Excellent negative (Digital or Analog) - Excellent Print. Regardless of whether it is for print competition or for a customer, without getting the image on the negative first, we will be unable to produce a top quality print. This program addresses all aspects of studio lighting…

Types of Main Lights, Fill Lights, Hair Lights and Background Lights.Proper Placement, Use of Tungsten Lighting, Low key, Mid Key and Hi Key Lighting and Use of Colour Gels.

(a) Learning to see and control light

Proper Incident and Reflected meter readings.
Using the Zone System of lighting backgrounds-making sure the subject and background do not compete for attention.
Evaluating light quality at close range –proper Quality of Light.
Proper "Angle of Incidence vs. Angle of Reflectance" to produce brilliant highlights.
Using Effect Lighting- Parabolics and grids to 4 1/2 x 6’ Chimera softboxes.

(b) Colour Temperature Control

Eliminating cyan (blue/green cold colour cast) with the use of a Singh Ray SRUV filter.

(c) Correct Density and Contrast

Highlight and Shadow detail-proper light ratios.
Proper metering and rating of film.
Use of light panels, fabric grids and scrims.

(d) Dynamic Composition

Proper facial views-Facial Analysis to photograph the” best” side.
Using art principles- "The Golden Mean" in composition.
Proper posng- full length, half length, head and shoulders, standing and sitting. Natural posing of hands and feet.

(e) Use of Accessories

The Lindahl double bellows lens shade
Differential focusing using a 100mm or 150 lens with 2 1/4 format
Proper soft focus/warming filter exposure compensation.

(f) Lighting Balance (Contrast)

Keeping within the range of the film and your paper.

(g) Preselling

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Portrait Planning Session- co-ordinate clothing-hi, mid or low key.
Promoting your work as Photographic Art
Digital image presentations to music
Use of Texture Screens
Art Principles of Matting and Framing.

All these steps allow the photographer to make less expensive prints that require no burning or dodging or other custom work. This results in greater financial gain and a better print for your customer or for competition.

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