Project 3: Lighting(pt. 3)

In this project, we had to produce three prints that clearly advertise hairstyles.
We had to produce
1. A print of two subjects.
2. Close up shot
3. Angle shot

Project 3: Lighting(pt. 3)-Hair prints

Aperture: 8

Filter : 5

Time: 2 4 6 8 seconds

This is a test strip for my first print of angle shot. I had to use the filter here because it came out very gray in the beginning. I also had to change my enlarger while working with this print because the model's hair came out bleached, which is not normal.

Aperture: 8

Filter: 5

Time: 4 seconds

This is another test strip for my first final print. I chose this time because it had the most white in it.

Aperture: 8

Filter: 5

Time: 4 seconds

This is my first final print of angle shot. As I mentioned earlier, this one took awhile because I had to reshoot and change my enlarger.

Aperture: 5.6

Time: 10 12 14 16 seconds

This is a test strip of my second final print of two people. It was difficult to show the details in hair, but I managed to do it through adding more time.

Aperture: 5.6

Time: 10 seconds

This is my second final print of two people. I wasn't sure with this print, because I wasn't sure if the viewers would notice the hair of the model in the back. Since this is a hair shot, I wanted them to focus on their hair.

Aperture:5.6

Time: 10 12 14 seconds

This is a test strip of my third final print, close up shot. It wasn't hard to find the right time.

Aperture: 5.6

Time: 12 seconds

This is a test strip of my third final print of close up shot. I chose this time, because it had the most white.

Aperture:5.6

Time: 12 seconds

This is my last final print of close up shot. I realized it would be hard to crop this photo, since there are not free spaces around the model's face.

Project 3: Lighting(pt. 3)-Printing Compositions

Aperture: 5.6

Time: 9 seconds

This is one of my contact sheets and I chose two photos from here. One close-up shot and another one of two people. I couldn't use any other because they were either inappropriate or irrelevant.

Aperture: 5.6 Time: 6 7 8 9 seconds

This is a test strip for my second contact sheet. I didn't take that many picture because I only needed one more final print of angle shot. Therefore, all of my shots are angle shots.

Aperture: 5.6 Time: 9 seconds

This is my second contact sheet. In this one, I chose my final angle shot print.

Project 3: Lighting(pt. 3)-Image Bank

Akif Hakan Celebi


Akif Hakan Celebi is a Turkish photographer, currently residing in Miami, Florida. Celebi likes to experiment with new photography techniques and styles. He is usually inspired by Asian movies and cultures. His goal is to give the viewers a story and set an "athmospheric" mood within the images. Click here for more info.



I chose this photograph because it has an extraordinary mood to it. Even though this does not fit into any of the three photographs that we were supposed to take, I really liked how it focused on the model's hair. If a viewer just glanced at this photo, he or she would immediately notice her hair. Even though it was not black and white, it fit into our project.

Jim Crone

Jim Crone is a British photographer, who is well-known and respected for his hair and beauty shots. He specializes in traveling to salons and studios throughout UK and abroad. His photographs usually appear on Hairstyle publications, product packaging and advertising campaigns. Click here for more info.

This picture was good because it fit into the angle shot of hair. As everyone can see, this picture is taken from above, and it focuses on the model's hair very well.

Richard Miles

Richard Miles is an American photographer, who specializes in beauty, hair and fashion shots. He is also able to advise and direct at all stages of a shoot. He also works with post-production and re-touching with photography. His photographs appear on billboards, commercial brochures and many magazines. Click here for more info.

This picture also fit into our project, as it is a close-up shot of the model. The viewers would notice the model's hair immediately. The color of her hair also helps the viewers notice it. I also think this could count as a beauty shot. It was hard to crop this picture, because while I was cropping, the banner below the picture came popping up. Therefore there is a black line under the model's face. The picture's supposed to be bigger than this.

Project 3: Lighting(pt. 3)-Theory Notes

FLASHES

Flashes are devices used in photography to produce an instantaneous artificial light on a subject. It is used to lighten up the subject at a low-light shooting and capture quickly moving objects. A flash on a camera usually has a small battery, a gas discharge tube and a circuit.

There are different types of flashes and some are flash bulbs and flashcubes. Flash cubes are much smaller and modern and flash bulbs are much heavier.

Also there are two techniques for flashes and one is direct flash. Direct flash is an amateur way of lighting, used to supplement ambient light in order to lighten a subject close to the camera. The subject usually appears very pale and white due to the directness.

Another technique is bounce flash. Bounce flash is a technique in which flash is directed onto a white reflective surface to reflect the light onto the subject. The bounce in light creates softer, less artificial-looking illumination than direct flash. It creates more of a expanding and softer lighting.

Light Meter

A light meter is a device used to measure the amount of light or a proper exposure for a photograph, in photography. It usually contains a screen that shows which shutter speed and aperture should be used.

HOW TO WORK A LIGHT METER:

First, you set the film speed on the meter, then activate it.

After activating, you hold the button in to make continuous measurements, moving around the subject. For more professional information, click here.


There are two types of light meters which are reflected-light meter and incident-light meter. Reflected-light meter measures the light reflected by the scene to be photographed. This is more widely and frequently used. Incident-light meter measure the amount of light falling on the subject using an integrating sphere. This one is less used and has a high chance of making mistakes.

Project 3: Lighting(pt. 3)-Diary entry

GOOD

Today, we started taking picture for our next project, hair. As always, we went outside, next to the blue wall, and took pictures of each other. Some was reluctant to take pictures, as they wanted new faces on their frames. However I thought I didn't have any time for that and so, kept on taking pictures. Unfortunately, I only had about 15 frames to take picture, as it was a beginner class's film. I developed them and this time, fortunately, all of them came out. I made a contact sheet and showed it to ms.dele. I hope I had more frames, but I am glad they all came out.

BAD

Last class, we continued developing our pictures. When I showed my contact sheet to ms.dele, she wasn't happy with my "about 10" frames. She thought most of them were "happy" pictures, and didn't have anything to do with hair. So I barely got two good photos from the contact sheet and was decided to reshoot. I was devastated at that moment, because I barely had any time. The project was due Wednesday and I still had to make one more print and scan them all. I hope this kind of situation never happens to me again.

Project 2: Lighting(pt. 2)

In this project, we had to produce three compositions of three different fashion categories using lighting to give an effect of our choices.

1. clothing
2. shoes
3. accessories

Project 2: Lighting(pt. 2)-Shoes

Aperture: 8

Time: 58 seconds

This is a test strip for my first shoes print. It seemed too bright.

Aperture: 5.6

Time: 57 seconds

This is my first final print for shoes. Since it was too bright, I opened the aperture to see which one suited.

Aperture: 8

Time: 43 seconds

This is a test strip for my second final print . It was too bright.

Aperture: 5.6

Time: 57 seconds

This is my second final print for shoes. Just like the first print, I changed the aperture, as it was too bright.

Aperture: 8

Time: 40 41 42 43 seconds

This is a test strip for my third final print. I couldn't see very clearly which time suited as it was overall too bright.

Aperture: 8

Time: 44 seconds

This is my third final print for shoes. I cropped the model's(meghan) face because I wanted the viewers to focus on her shoes, not her in general. I hope that worked.

Project 2: Lighting(pt. 2)-Accessories

Aperture: 4

Time: 60 seconds

This is a test strip of my first final print of accessory. It seemed a little dark so I did one less second on the final print.

Aperture: 4

Time: 59 seconds

This is my first final print of accessory. I had some spots on the print, but overall the time suited.

Aperture: 8

Time: 45 46 47 48 seconds

This is a test strip for my second final print of accessory. It was hard to see which time suited best.

Aperture:8

Time: 50 seconds

This is my second final print of accessory. The times above didn't seem to work, so I put it up onto 50 seconds.

Aperture: 8

Time: 38 39 40 seconds

This is my test strip for my third final print of accessory. 39 seconds seemed the best as it showed small details on her hand.

Aperture: 8

Time: 39 seconds

This is my third final print of accessory. At first I had some scratches on the print because I used the glass on top, but as I removed it and printed again, they disappeared.

Project 2: Lighting(pt. 2)-Clothing

Aperture: 4

Time: 55 seconds

This is a test strip for my first clothing print and it was still too light. So I had to add 4 more seconds.

Aperture: 4

Time: 59 seconds

This is my first final print of clothing. Except the fact that I had a little scratch on the print, it seemed dark enough.

Aperture: 4

Time: 60 seconds

This is another final print of clothing. I couldn't find any test strips for this in the box. I had to add more time to this because of the weather. It was very sunny outside and I had 2.8 aperture on my camera.

Aperture: 5.6

Time: 55 seconds

This is a test strip for my third final print. Even though this is a different picture, the overall composition was the same. I needed more time.

Aperture: 5.6

Time: 57

This is my third final print for clothing. This was a little unfocused but it looked fine.

Project 2: Lighting(pt. 2)-Printing Compositions

Aperture: 8

Time: 31 32 33 34 35 seconds

This is a test strip for the contact sheets. All the time didn't suit and was still too light. So, I had to add three more seconds at the end.

Aperture: 8

Time: 38 seconds

This is a part of the contact sheet and I

chose two pictures(one accessory, one shoes)

from here.

Aperture: 8

Time: 45 seconds

This is also another part of the contact sheet and I had to add more time to these pictures because they were too light at 38 seconds. I chose 6 pictures out of here.

Aperture: 8

Time: 38 seconds

This is also another part of the contact sheet and I chose one shoes picture out of here.

Project 2: Lighting(pt. 2)-Image Bank-Shoes

Cyril Lagel - Untitled

Cyril Lagel is a French photographer, based in Paris. He was born in Rouen in 1974 and he moved to Paris in 1997. He began photography in 1998. Lagel specializes in fashion and beauty shots and does organization of casting and spotting.

I chose this picture because it was simple and on the point. It is apparent that it is selling the shoes and the viewers also focus on them. I also like its vivid colors, since I was so used to the black and white photographs. The shoes' yellow brings them out even more. This needed artificial lighting.

Richard Warren - Untitled

Richard Warren is an American photographer, based in New York City. He has assisted many famous photographers in the 1980's and has learnedto master photography. His photographs appear in many international magazines such as Vogue, Bazaar, Zink, Vanity Fair, etc.

I chose this picture because it shows the boots very well. The model's pose accentuates the lenght of the boots and the photographer's angle makes it look nice as well. This was not black and white and it also needed artificial lighting.

Steven Lippman - Untitled

Steven Lippman is an American photographer, based in California. He is a native Southern Californian and he was a former pro surfer, skate boarder and international fashion model, before jumping into photography. He has done a lot of commercial photography, such as for Neutrogena and Pureology.

I chose this photograph because even though, the shoes are not in the center, the model's pose makes the shoes point out. I am pretty sure that this photograph was not meant to promote the shoes, but when I first saw this photograph, my attention wen to the shoes. I really liked that about this photograph. This, even though it doesn't seem like it, looks like it was shot in a studio with artificlal lighting.

Project 2: Lighting(pt. 2)-Image Bank-Accessories

Dirk Franke-Untitled

Dirk Franke is a photographer, based in Miami. His main areas of shooting are fashion and advertising. He also studied cinematography in Europe. He works with his wife, Lene, who works as a producer and as a booker in international model-agencies.

Click here for more info.

I chose this photograph because it shows what it is selling very well. It could also be the model's pose, but the photographer also did a good job, focusing on the clutch, while not zooming at it. It brings out the product and also it uses artificial lighting.

Michael David Adams - Chanel

Michael David Adams is an American photographer, working in New York City. He takes photographs for celebrity conceptual portraits, fahsion and beauty. His photographs can be seen in various magazines such as, Vogue, Highlights, Muse and more. At first he began with painting, but his interest grew into photography.

I chose this photograph because just like the one above, it brings out the accessory very well. When the viewers first look at this photograph they are very likely to see the bracelet. Even though it is not black and white, there are simple colors. This photograph also has artificial lighting and it is more like soft light.

Nicholaas de Bruin-Untitled

Nicholaas de Bruin is a Dutch photographer, born and raised in Amsterdam. Now he lives and works in Los Angeles. He travelled around the world as a Special Forces Marine and a fashion model afterwards. While working as a model, he found his interest for photography and he became very succesful. His photographs can be found in international magazines.

Click here for more info.

I chose this photograph because it is simple but on to the point. It is advertising the sunglasses, and the viewers will focus on them as soon as they see this picture. Just like all the other pictures, this also has an artificlal lighting.