LOW KEY
NOTES:
In my Low key photo shoot, I used a dark set up by placing a black backdrop and floor sheet around where I would put the model. I wanted one single source of light to create harsh shadows on the face of my model, for this I used one spotlight, placed at angle from the person I was photographing, to diffuse the light I used a white umbrella. Alternatively, for some of the photos I used a silver-lined umbrella and faced the spotlight away from the subject in order to reflect the light backwards but I thought this was less effective. I also found that by placing the spotlight directly behind the model and shining it through their hair, a glowing effect was given to the edges of the silhouette of the person, to add to this I learnt that if a certain area of the picture becomes too shadowed, a separate hand-held reflector can be used to shine the light back again.
In my Low key photo shoot, I used a dark set up by placing a black backdrop and floor sheet around where I would put the model. I wanted one single source of light to create harsh shadows on the face of my model, for this I used one spotlight, placed at angle from the person I was photographing, to diffuse the light I used a white umbrella. Alternatively, for some of the photos I used a silver-lined umbrella and faced the spotlight away from the subject in order to reflect the light backwards but I thought this was less effective. I also found that by placing the spotlight directly behind the model and shining it through their hair, a glowing effect was given to the edges of the silhouette of the person, to add to this I learnt that if a certain area of the picture becomes too shadowed, a separate hand-held reflector can be used to shine the light back again.