Photomedia: Lighting and High Speed

Black and white fashion shot

This type of lighting set up is used a lot in fashion and makeup photography, so I think I will try and replicate it for my shoots. We used a Nikon to shoot with flashguns. One was used with an umbrella, reflecting towards the background to the side of the shoot. The other used a large rectangular softbox on a high stand, tilted down. In the centre we have 2 black screens (flags)  facing in towards the model. We added a big black screen just for extra effect but that isn't necessary. 

These were the results of our photos. I think for my high fashion makeup look, I would need harsher highlights and shadows but I could always edit these after.



Warm/cool highlights

I'm not as sure I've got all the information right on this as my group didn't set this up but here we go anyway. We used a black board for the background with the model stood at an angle instead of straight on. Diagonally behind her, there was a flashgun with blue gel and translucent plastic to soften the light and make the tone cooler. Diagonally in front, a softbox with orange gel on is used to warm up the light.


High Speed
Unfortunately, I can't upload any photos from this shoot for some reason but the photos were of me blowing and messing around with flour and powder paint.
These were the settings we used:
ISO 100
shutter speed 125
f22