One Light Portraits

Christina No. 1: Christina is warm, spontaneous, full of youth and energy. She is a romantic creative force surrounded by an aura of gold, floating in daydreams and fantasies.

Technical Info: Subject/Model is laying on a gold poster board. Behind her is a roll of diffuse frosty white paper. The light source is anchored above her and shining through the diffuse roll. On the right, direction she is looking, is a handheld reflective silver board, providing fill light.

Christina No. 2:  Christina is mysterious, reserved, conservative and intense. Her form reveals another side of her creative force, which is full of tension and anxiety.

Technical Info: The source light is clamped to a stand about 10-14ft behind her and she is within an inch of the diffuse screen.

Three Laws of Light, Visualized with One Light Source

Unfortunately, this exercise was unsucessful .....

Notes: The mirror was not angled back enough,  the dodging tool was too large, and the camera should be directly above the set.

Inverse Square Law Visualized

4x5 Grey Cards

4x5 Black, White and Grey Cards