Assignment 10: Portraits with auxiliary light setup (hair lights and kicker)

Due: Monday 11/15

Create a multiple strobe lighting design with the following lights. Ratios are provided as suggested starting points. Don't forget to smile!

Document/photograph each light as you progressively add to the overall design, as shown in the pictures below.
  1. Dark background/ low key
  2. Main light...find optimal placement. Maintain for all shots. Build exposure around optimized f-stop. 
  3. Fill light... start with 1:2 or 1:4 as desired/optimized
  4. Hair light...1:2 or 1:4 as desired/optimized
  5. Kicker (s). Use one kicker or two. For two kickers, use one per each side of the face. 1:2 or 1:4 as desired/optimized
  6. Background light... create a spot (as in demo image) or a wash / gradient of light. Place brightness no lighter than middle gray. Use reflective meter reading of the background.
Short light for key, no fill

Add fill, 1:2 or 1:4

Add hair light, 1:2 or 1:4

Add kicker(s), 1:2 or 1:4

Add background. In this case the brightest part of the spot was 1:2 from key light

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