Control & Creativity
Overview:
Explore how to shape and manipulate light to create mood and dimension in your portraits.
🔍 Learning Objectives:
- Develop technical understanding of light properties.
- Master simple artificial light setups.
- Use light creatively to elevate your portraits.
🧠 Discussion Topics:
- Light Theory: Quality (hard vs soft), direction, color temperature, contrast.
- Gear: Introduction to flash/strobes, continuous light, modifiers (softbox, umbrella, beauty dish).
- Lighting Patterns: Rembrandt, Loop, Butterfly, Split.
- One-light setups for headshots vs half-body vs full-body.
- Color and shadow: how light affects skin tones and emotion.
- Balancing ambient and artificial light (indoor and outdoor).
🎯 Practical Exercises:
- One-light and two-light studio setups.
- Modify light using diffusion and reflectors.
- Compare portrait outcomes using different modifiers.
- Shoot a dramatic and a soft-lit portrait.
✅ Outcomes:
- A mini-portfolio of portraits using at least two different lighting setups.
