Wednesday, September 14, 2011

ALP2 ASS1: Lighting Diagram

My model will be on raised area with her back to the plants. I will be standing on the ground level shooting up to her level for a full length portrait. I estimate that my camera is going to be about 10 ft from my subject. I hope to be using my 50mm fixed lens, so that I can shoot at around F3.5, so that the background will be slightly out of focus. But if the range of the fixed lens is problematic, I'll have to use my 18-200mm which will probably force me to shoot at F5.6

I want my strip softbox to be my primary light for the full body portrait, with the square softbox for fill light and adding some light to the leaves in the background. IF the weather is good, which the forcast says it will be, then I'll have the option of keeping the dawson buildings in the background. If the weather turns dark, then I have a backup plan to adjust. The most important lighting aspect in my mind is making sure that the lighting is good for her face and secondarily to show off her business attire (which will be mostly dark in color) to good effect. I have planned to have extra stands and white cards if I need to make cosmetic light-related adjustments. As part of my pre-planning, I've found out where the nearest plugs are and I've ordered extra extension cords. The make-up is going to taken care of by the model but I always carry matte fx, oil absorbing powder just in case.

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