Happy
Sunday Everyone!! I hope you enjoyed the
past week. Today I wanted to talk a little about lighting. In the past I was
always afraid to use studio lighting, I found it intimidating and difficult to
do. Over the years I have tried and tried to figure out studio lighting. I just
never seemed to be able to get it right. So when I saw what my next class was
that was coming up I was really excited. The class was PH136 Lighting
class. As I went through the course
outline, I looked to see who my instructor was going to be. I found out that my
instructor was Reuben Njaa, so I did what we all do nowadays, I “Googled” him.
What I found was someone who was amazing with painting with light, and he
appeared to have so much knowledge and this really excited me. I looked over
his personal website http://www.reubennjaaphotography.com/ for hours, looking
at all of his amazing work.
When
shooting portraits remember that there are many different types of lighting.
Each will give you a different result.
Split
Lighting – is used when the key light illuminates only half the face. It is an
ideal slimming light. It can be used to narrow a wide face or nose.
Rembrandt
Lighting - is characterized by a small, triangular highlight on the shadowed
cheek of the subject. This type of lighting is dramatic.
Butterfly
Lighting - lighting pattern that produces a symmetrical, butterfly-like shadow
beneath the subject’s nose. It tends to emphasize high cheekbones and good skin.
Rim
Lighting - is used when the subject’s head is turned 90 degrees from the camera
lens. It is a dramatic style of lighting used to accent elegant features. It is
used less frequently now than in the past, but it still produces a stylish
portrait.
Loop
Lighting - This is one of the more commonly used lighting setups and is ideal
for people with average, oval-shaped faces. (Hurter)
One
of the things that I remember that stands out the most is one of my first
interactions with him. Our first assignment we had to post a Bio, and as the
comments flowed, I had told him” I want to be just as good as you are!” His
reply not only surprised me but has to this day inspired me. Reuben Njaa said
this” Don’t try to be as good as me, try to be better than me”. I keep that in the back of my head each and
every time I shoot. Thanks Reuben you
have been a true inspiration.
Below
are a few of the photographs I took during PH136 with Reuben Njaa
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Photos by Wayne Salat
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Photos by Wayne Salat
Photos by Wayne Salat
Photos by Wayne Salat
Photos by Wayne Salat
Enjoy Your Sunday and Photograph Something Everyday!
Sunday Ambassador~ Wayne
Hurter,
Bill. "The Five Basic Portrait-Lighting Setups." Sekonic Control
Light. Sekonic, n.d. Web. 23 Jul 2013.
<http://www.sekonic.com/whatisyourspecialty/photographer/articles/the-five-basic-portrait-lighting-setups.asp&xgt;.
