Photography Technical File- Whiteout and Gel lighting

 WHITEOUT 

Equipment:

• Camera 550d 
• stands, lights and soft box, beauty dish 
• sync lead 
• tether lead 
• light meter 
• 50mm lense 
• Hot shoe adapter

We started off with trying out creating a whiteout which consists of two camera facing a white back drop. The light over exposes slightly to create an extremely white back ground. You don't want the lighting behind the model to be too over exposed otherwise it can start making the outline of the model disappear. We pulled down the white backdrop and set up to lights facing the backdrop using beauty dishes, we set up one camera facing the model to light up the front of the face. We set the camera to ISO 100, shutter speed 1/125 and the we tested the light meter on the model and changed the F stop to the same as the light meter. We then put the hot shoe adapter on the camera and plugged in the tether cable to allow the photos to come up on the computer. The photo below  is the outcome of trying a whiteout, I think the photo came out really clear and as you can see the back drop is definitely white. We also tried a 50mm lense however with this lense there is no zoom so you have to physically move yourself closer and further away from the model.

GEL LIGHTING 

It was our first time ever trying out gel lighting so with this experiment we tried out placing the lights in different positions and the effect it gave and the colours it would produce. We got given a box of different colour gels and got to choose which colour/colours we wanted. You can work with just one colour if you want however we decided to go for a combination of two colours to be able to let the colours mix. 

Firstly we tried a white background and we used the colour red over the light and placed it behind the model and as you can see the red is pushing through the hair and lighting up the outline of the head, in front but off to the side we had a blue gel light which gave it a light tint 

We then went over to the light with the blue sheet and we placed another blue sheet over the top to make the blue more prominent and then centered the light behind the head more so it bursts out the edges of the head. 

Finally we went for something a little darker so we turned off the lights in the studio and changed the backdrop, we kept the blue light off the side and red behind and then we also tried both lights behind so the red and blue light behind the model. I love the last photo as we caught a burst of light in the camera and think it makes the photo look very dreamy and beautiful. We tried to center the light behind the model to make sure you couldn't it but only the beams of colour through the hair and outlining the model. The colours beaming through and tinting the model creates a surreal feel and a seductive tone. 

The lesson definitely helped me with my photography skills and experimenting with different lighting and colours and also keeping my knowledge up with the camera and what setting to use for different shoots. This year is the first year we've started using a light meter and how it can correspond with the cameras shutter speed to make sure its the correct lighting, depending on how in focus the image is once you check it you might need to change the shutter speed to higher and test it. I definitely feel more confident with the camera now and each lesson I learn more and more and feel more confident.

 GEL LIGHTING 

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Gel lighting can be placed anyway in position to the model to create the effect you want. The lighting can be lite with a tint of a colour and a white background or it can be harsh lighting and dark like the images above for example. The third photo is very dark and the colours are harsh and close to the model, I can see three colours in the photo, yellow/orange on the left side, blue more on the right side hitting the models left eye and then far over is a dash or red down the ear and side of the neck. It is all dependent on the placement of the lights and the colours being used.