Studio Portraiture

This week we Michael Cunningham came back to instruct us on studio portraiture. In this module we learned how to light using 4 classic lighting techniques; side, rembrandt, loop and butterfly. We also learned about high key and low key backgrounds, broad and short lighting and lighting ratios. Here are a few examples that I shot.

Mikela with rembrandt lighting.

Zanyansan doing what I call a Japanese pose with a low key background and short lighting.

Wes on a high key background and broad lighting.