Photography Induction Notes

Photography Induction Notes:
-There are two types of backgrounds. White backdrop and black backdrop.

-Lights go off when you are ready to start photo shoot.
-Button on top of camera is for the lights.
-Being too close to the backdrop can cause bleaching. Need to be 5/6 feet away from backdrop.
-Lights are called model lights. Lights will be set for us. The lights are called Trinity Lights.

-They need to be switched off because the lights charge and can explode the bulb.
-+ and _  buttons change the amount of flash. The higher, the stronger the flash, The lower the weaker the flash.
-Button on top is called Godocks. Battery orientated. Little button in corner turns flash on, both on lights and camera.
-Soft Boxes

This has a grid












Whilst this one is the key light.

This is the snoot.











-The soft boxes and snoot create three point lighting.
-The key light lights the subject/model. The key light is three times brighter .
-The fill light knocks shadows out.
-The snoot creates a hair line which separates the backdrop, doesn't make image 2D.
-3/1 lighting ratio. Key light 5, Fill light 3, Hairline 1.5
-The camera is a Nikon d7000, 18 mp (megapixel).

-Camera can be turned landscape and portrait. When turned, it has 2 buttons on each side.

-Play icon allows you to view images.

-When it's on A and ON, the camera is automatic so, the focus does not move. When it's M, it is manual, so you would have to do everything.

-18-105 LENS.

-After shoot, do not forget to get images downloaded straightaway!

-A for Aperture and S for Shutter.

-Shallow depth field. For ground focused, background becomes less focused-this is aperture. If you use aperture, you control depth field-allows focus.

-Shutter will capture movement and image. For example, when there is a air machine, the hair is moving Shutter captures this.

-Reflectors:Gold one will kick out shadow.

                   White one will soften shadow.

                    Silver one gives hard light.

The image above shows a gold reflector. The white and silver one are of similar appearance.

-How to change colour: set picture control. SD is colour and sets camera.