Studio Evaluation

I found it very nerve racking working in the studio on my own. Even though i'd practised what lighting I wanted, I couldn't find enough head and honeycombs that fitted each other, so had to play around with the umbrella, as a head without the honeycomb didn't give a highlight it overshadowed my key light. So when it came to setting up I was panicing a bit but got the light I wanted eventually.

I realised when you work in the studio with flash lighting you have to remember to keep a close eye on how it looks when you move your model. When it came to using a medium format camera I had to get my model to sit/lye down as the top of the backdrop kept getting in the frame. So when I did a quick test shot on my digital I could see how I needed to change the angle of the lights and sometimes the mistakes looked quite good, but most of the time the key light wasnt even hitting the model but in the colour shots when my model was lying down the highlight flash lit up the side of her body creating a shadow along the side of her body which reminded me of that 1940s hollywood silhouette.

I didn't like using digital in the studio as I think with the flash lighting makes photos look too flat and aggressive, I would like to experiment with maybe a movement/fashion shoot in the studio with flash lighting and digital to see how that looks as I think it would work better. I was really pleased with my Colour medium formats it was just the look I wanted. I was glad that it I had to get my model to sit/lye down as I think these images looked more interesting and effective than the digital ones of my model standing up, and the lighting technique flourished more in film.