P&P: Exercise 3: Light

It's been too long since I last posted an exercise.  There were many excuses for doing so but won't go into them here.  Suffice to say I feel I've been stuck and in order to get unstuck I need to post whatever I've got and build up a little momentum.  Since all the stuff for the first assignment isn't included in the course mark, I feel more free to post less than what I'm happy with on the chance that I'll get back into a regular groove.

This exercise calls for four to six head-and-shoulder images of the same model under different lighting conditions in order to demonstrate the effect of light on the face. As I don't have a model to drag around town, I shot myself using the Nikon D5100 with remote release.

The photos here are much like those I did for an assignment for a previous course: http://freedomtolook.blogspot.ae/2013/05/assignment-four-applying-lighting.html

(Outtake:  800is0, 5.6, 0.8)

Assignment Four: Applying Lighting Techniques

Introduction

I got stuck.

For weeks I fretted about how best to tackle this assignment.  I had whipped through the exercises in the course of a week’s vacation, but when I began to think about how to approach the assignment I was restrained by a lack of confidence.  I read books about lighting.  I watched videos about lighting.  But I never got any closer to actually doing the assignment. 

Exploring the possibilities - Assignment 4

I started building on a set-up for Assignment 4, which involves demonstrating a variety of lighting techniques, and shot a few preliminary images.  My idea is a series of self-portraits.  Ironically, a coursemate is considering working with skulls.

More images below the break. Click Read more>> below.