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What is hard & soft lighting? 

When you walk outside on a sunny day you’re looking at hard light. The shadows have a lot of edge detail and are very dark. Hard and soft lighting can also be created artificially with the use of different lights/reflectors.

Reflections are small and very bright. In light like this we can see a lot of texture in surfaces. The shadows, if the light is coming from the right direction, can be a dramatic and important part of an image. When taking pictures reflectors can be used sometimes which has two sides. They control how much light is going to reflect off the reflector onto the object which will then make the image hard or soft. Hard light often creates harsh shadows. With soft lighting, the light is more diffused and evenly spread out. Direct sun overhead is an example of hard light, when the sun is behind clouds in the sky this creates soft lighting. 

                                                    What is Aperture & what does it control? 

Aperture is a setting on the camera, which controls the amount of light that comes into the camera. The higher the Aperture, the lower the Shutter speed. The lower the Shutter speed, the higher the Aperture. It is just like your iris; when it is dark, it gets bigger and allows a lot more light in compared to when it is bright which is when it allows less light in.

What is single light portrait? 

Single light portrait is when you are taking pictures of an object or human from a single light; the main light.

What is a reflector?

A reflector is a sheet of reflective material used to reflect light into shadows of a subject. They come in different sizes and shapes. When using a reflector the white side must be used and placed in between the persons face and neck. The light must be shone onto one side of the persons face so you can see that the light is reflecting straight off the reflector and onto the persons face giving the image a clear, natural look.

What is a clam shell lighting?

A clamshell is 2 large light sources arranged from above and below like the open shell of a clam.

Clamshell lighting is mainly used in beauty, fashion photography shots because it is very natural. Clamshell lighting gives a flattering light that still manages to sculpt the face and cheeks and provide a good amount of wraparound lighting. The top light and the bottom light can be in different ratios.

Low Lighting Experiment & Shadows

Low lighting experiment was a fun task to do, I had to play around with the settings on the camera to get what I wanted. I used 1/20 for the shutter speed, 5.6 as the F-stop, 1/10 exposure and the ISO was 400. All of the photos were taken in the TV studio, all the TV studio lights were off with just that main light on plugged into a socket.

To form the shadow effects I used the bin which created the dotted print onto Sheniz & Eyaz' face. The iSo on the images were 400. Same goes for the picture I took of Raymond sitting on the chair next to the plant making it look very sharp with the plant blocking the main light reflected on him and it also adds visual layer.

High shutter speed. Dunking strawberries

The shutter speed was high.

I used the Canon 600D 

There were three lights, two lights in the front, one in the back.

Iso was on 400. Aperture Fs dot 5.6 which controls the amount of light coming into the camera & I also changed the exposure time to 1/800 to grab the images at the best speed.

Photography

Inspiration.

What inspired me:
I was looking through a newspaper and I saw cling film wrapped around someone so I then googled 'cling film wrapped around body' and the images above came up. I didn't like the first two images so then I decided to create my own one. The image itself makes it look very closed and secretive because of the background but that geniunely wasn't what I was aiming for.

How I did this: My cousin was over for the weekend from university & I had asked if he'd like to be wrapped around cling film for my college work & he agreed, of course there were holes in the cling film so he could have some air. (He wasn't wrapped in cling film for more than 20 minutes anyways)
I captured the images in my living room which has awesome lighting but in the finished photo the background was blacked out with the help of photoshop. Close up and mid-shot pictures were taken.

These pictures were taken with my Canon 600D

Shutter Speed

These images were taken using a shutter speed of 1/50 & 1/200.

Magazine show proposal.

Urban Weekly

Urban weekly is about underground artists coming onto the show to talk about their journey on their way to success, what they're doing right now and how they're enjoying it.

The scenery will have a cool vibe to it, very modern in the studio. We'll also have a stage for performances, competitions and Wednesday writers*

We'll have a few minutes of hearing about some new celebritiy gossips; what's hot right now, what's NOT hot right now and new music, keeping our viewers always up to date.

We'll have a styles stop - the change for young designers, stylists to come to the show to get interviewed about their designs eg. A young designer called Jalil Peraza has his own clothing line and during the whole of the Watch The Throne (Jay-Z & Kanye West album) tour, every night of a show, they wore his designers. So that would give us a chance to find out how his designs caught their eyes into them wanting to wear it every time they hit the stage. Then we'll have another talk about artists in the industry that we think have the coolest, laidback but loud outfits where we'll also include alternative outfits to purchase for peers who'd love to dress like them but it was way out of their budget.

To end the show a known musician will perform at UW*

* UW - urban weekly

* Wednesday Writers - a day for young writers to bless the stage with their own creative writing and poetry and also a day for artists to show their artwork.

INSERT

So my group and I decided to base our insert theme on : Fashion.
Main reason because of London Fashion Week happening on the same week so it'd be an amazing idea to view different cultures/traditions under one city.
The intro of our video will explain everything to the viewers so they have a clear explanation of what to expect. We visited Somerset House to pick out our five most stylish outfits worn, with the video having to be 2 minutes long we briefly interviewed people, took their photos and filmed our surroundings which was filled with journalists, bloggers and designers/artists. Cameras were everywhere so it was very easy to grab peoples attention mainly because they knew what we were there for.

The choice of our music was from Azealia Banks who's songs are played nonstop at fashion shows, it has that vogue feeling so it was only right that we used it. The music will be played in the background as a non diegetic effect when no interviews are happening. The equipment used were the Canon 600d, a wheel camera stabilizer and a microphone. Our target audience was for the age 14-28, fashion lovers, people who get inspired by outfits and so on. The language and style is suitable for the age range/target audience.

Evaluation



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