Outdoor pictures

Slower

Middle Range

Fastest

Indoor pictures

INDOOR

Fastest

Middle

Slowest

Definitions

Fill light: Fill light is filling the shadows in the pictures

key light: A strong black light that sets the mood like a dominant light

Hair light: hair light is light shinning on the hair to separate from background

Background light: reveals the character from the background and helps separate the subject

Shadowless: Picture is evenly lit from all angles 

Hard light: Light in all the picture

Soft light: A bit of light

Grey card: Lets the camera know what neutral gray is

Reflector: Something that reflects light onto the subject

Diffuser: Something that softens the light

Intensity : Strength, or how to set shutter speed and aperture's appropriate to portraits

Light Basics and Vocabulary

Butterfly (or Paramount) -

1. The effect is to have a shadow under her nose. 

2. Hides features you don't want to see. 

3. 

Loop -

1. The effect is to  creates a loop shadow that builds a triangle on the left cheek.

2.  Looks unique. 

3. Rim lights, background light, 

Rembrandt -

1. The effect that it creates a shadow on one side of the face and a small triangle of the other side of the face.

2. 

3. There is one singe light.  

Split -

1. The effect is Two Face- One face is lit and the other is dark.

2. To make the picture dramatic

3. 

Broad and Short -

1. The effect is to  

2. Why use it?

3. How many lights or light sources?

Flash Photography Basic Concepts

        Flash Fact #1

• Every flash photograph is two expose in one. 

        Flash Fact #2

• Fill Flash can be used when subject is backlit or sidelit to eliminate silhouettes or shadows.

       Flash Fact #3

• Flash expose is not affected by shutter speed. 

       Flash Fact #4

• Flash illumination is dramatically affected by distance.

       Flash Fact #5

• Your camera measures ambient light and flash illumination separately. 

       Flash Fact #6

• Without automatic flash metering, the flash illumination is measured after the shutter button is pressed, and the flash output is adjusted accordingly. 

       Flash Fact #7

• Every SLR camera with a mechanical shutter box has a maximum flash sync shutter speed.

       Flash Fact #8

• Harsh lighting, washed out subjects and red eye can be eliminated by using diffusers and light bouncing  

       Flash Fact #9

• It is possible to change the order of when the flash fires using "Rear curtain Sync" 

Spring Challenge

1.  How shoot Christmas photos with festive bokeh 

2. 

3.  Black paper, scissors, lights, tripod,

4.  1. Camera
     2. Tripod
     3. Lights
     4. Paper
5. Make sure the lights are off, make sure the object is still 
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