The Diptychs assignments are due on Wednesday. Lab day all day Monday. Please be ready for class critique so all work will get viewed and get full credit.
In the meantime, Lighting Assignment #2 should be fun and good for working inside on these un-spring-like gray days.
Here's some guidelines for preparing for LA#2:
Use your photo or clip lights - this time you'll need them and not just house-hold lamps. Pick an appropriate ISO setting for making sharp pictures (hand-held or tripod) of live people.
Think about the pictures you want to make and be very intentional about the following:
1. Pick a person that will be an interesting subject; ask her/him/them to wear what you want them to, including make-up if you want. Be bold.
2. Make a a choice of interesting interior backgrounds for this portrait.
3. Find an area inside that you can control the lighting so your clip lights will be the ONLY lighting. You'll need a space large enough to clip your lights to chairs, lamp poles, and whatever (check out lightstands in lab) you can move around for lighting arrangements. If you want props, pick ones that will shop up against whatever is behind them (tones, colors, etc.).
4. Decide what pose and expression of the sitter you want. Be sure to try several different moods/expressions for editing later.
5. Use tinfoil for covering the edges of lights so you don't get lens flare or light spills into areas that you don't want.
I'll have a handout tomorrow to give specifics about what pictures to make. (Advanced repeats use the studio and strobe lights to create your photos.)
Also, find a portable flash to work with in the next part of our lighting assignments - bring it to class 3/14.
Photo: Doug Smith ©2009
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