Assignment 5

Using Rembrandt lighting, create a portrait with key, fill, and backlight. Post one photo of each part of your setup along with a label that says which light it is:

1 key light

1 fill light

1 background light

1 with all three lights combined in the same photograph

3 Light Set-up deconstructed

Freestyle 1 & 2

Freestyle creative light set-up 1 yielded the above result.  See the 3 light set up diagram below. 

1600 Key light at 1600 was nearly full power with fill light at -1 and set far back from the subject.  The 800 light in back on medium power was lower than all the rest with the light directed straight toward the back.  I should have tried with the 800 back light shining straight upward to get hair light on the bottom of her hair.  Settings f/16, 1/60 and ISO 100.

Freestyle 2 with light set-up diagram below.

The following light set-up had the Key light dimmed a bit as I was looking for a less intense light on the subject.  The light intensity of the fill light increased as well as it was brought closer to the subject.  Back light was brought over the subject's head to create a hair light that is different from the first.  In the first, the lack of hairlight and the key light providing much of the light on the hair, gives way to a very dull flat look while the less intense light over her head provides a warmer glow.