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Fashion Photography: Understanding of Lights - Light Based Activity

The document discusses different types of lights used in fashion photography, including strobes, continuous lights, and flashguns. It describes the functions of key lights, fill lights, and rim lights. Finally, it explains various lighting modifiers like umbrellas, softboxes, strip boxes, octaboxes, reflectors, and snoots that can be used to shape and control light.

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Fashion Photography: Understanding of Lights - Light Based Activity

The document discusses different types of lights used in fashion photography, including strobes, continuous lights, and flashguns. It describes the functions of key lights, fill lights, and rim lights. Finally, it explains various lighting modifiers like umbrellas, softboxes, strip boxes, octaboxes, reflectors, and snoots that can be used to shape and control light.

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FASHION

PHOTOGRAPHY
Understanding of lights -light based
activity

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WEL-
TYPES OF
LIGHTS
in fashion photography
STROBES
A s t u d i o s t r o b e, s o m e t i m e s r e f e r r e d t o
as a monobloc or monolight, is a
dedicated flash unit. Strobes generally
use cords, though more battery-
powered offerings are brought to the
market every day. Power output
between models can vary greatly;
cheaper strobes offer about as much
power as cheap, third-party flashguns,
while class-leading strobes are some
of the strongest lights in the business.
For this reason, strobes are the most
common studio light used by
professionals.
Continuous lights

Continuous lights serve the same function as strobes, but


t h e y d o n ’ t f l a s h . I n s t e a d , t h e y a r e h ig h - p o w e r e d , c o n s t a n t
l a m p s t h a t c a n ( u s u a l l y ) b e f i t t e d w it h m o d if ie r s . W h ile
a s s o c i a t e d w i t h v i d e o , c o n t i n u o u s lig h t s s t ill h a v e t h e ir p la c e
in stills photography. LED lights are currently flooding the
c o n t i n u o u s l i g h t m a r k e t , a n d m a n y o f t h e m a r e v ia b le o p t io n s
for stills shooters.
N o t e t h a t c o n t i n u o u s l i g h t s a r e s o m e t im e s r e f e r r e d t o a s
h o t l i g h t s – b e c a u s e t h e y t e n d t o g e t v e r y h o t . B e c a r e f u l w it h
m o d i f i e r s t h a t s i t c l o s e t o t h e b u lb , a s t h e y p r e s e n t a f ir e
h a z a r d . ( T h i s d o e s n o t a p p l y t o L E D lig h t s . )

Flashgun/speedlight
Flashguns are small lights that mount on top of your camera.
T h e y a r e h i g h l y p o r t a b l e , a n d s o m e c o m e w it h r e a s o n a b ly
flashgun h i g h p o w e r o u t p u t s . A l t h o u g h f la s h g u n v e r s a t ilit y is
u l t i m a t e l y l i m i t e d b y s i z e a n d p o w e r o u t p u t , t h e y a r e s t ill a n
e x t r e m e l y u s e f u l t o o l f o r a n y p h o t o g r a p h e r in t e r e s t e d in o f f -
c a m e r a l i g h t i n g . T h e y ’ r e a l s o l e s s e x p e n s iv e t h a n d e d ic a t e d
studio strobes.
LIGHT FUNCTIONS
I n t h i s s e c t i o n , I d i s c u s s l i g h t i n g r o l e s . I n o t h e r w o r d s , w h a t d o d i ffe r e n t s t u d i o l i g h t s
actually do? How many studio lights do you need? And where do you point them?

Key light

T h e k e y l i g h t i s a m a i n l i g h t ; y o u u s e i t t o c r e a t e t h e o v e r a l l l ig h t i n g e ffe c t . G e n e r a l l y ,
the key light is the brightest and most prominent light in your scene.

Fill light

A fill light is positioned in reaction to the key light. It reduces the intensity of shadows
created by the key light, thereby decreasing the overall contrast in your scene.

Rim light/backlight

Rim light illuminates your subject from behind, generally with the goal of separating the
subject from the background. Often, rim lights are positioned so that only a sliver of
light is visible on the sides of your subject.
UMBRELLAS TRANSLUCENT UMBRELLAS/SHOOT-
THROUGH UMBRELLAS
Umbrellas look like, well, umbrellas, except
they’re not designed for rainy-day use. Instead,
photography umbrellas come in silver or white Translucent umbrellas don’t reflect light like
and are attached to your light via a mount. By the umbrellas discussed above; instead,
pointing a studio light into the umbrella (which they’re made of a diffusion material that
reflects the light back to your subject, as softens the light. Simply point your light into
displayed in the photo below), you create a much the a translucent umbrella to get a beautiful,
larger, softer light source. Umbrellas are even result (though with practically zero
technically directional, but they can have a lot of directionality).
spill, and they certainly aren’t the easiest
modifier to control.
SOFTBOXES STRIP BOXES
Softboxes come in a variety of shapes and Strip boxes are a special type of long,
sizes. Once mounted, a softbox shapes and rectangular softbox. They produce a narrow
softens the light to become more beam of light, which is great for lighting a
flattering. Softboxes also tend to be quite subject from behind for a rim lit effect.
directional, they are easy to control, and
they can even be adjusted with additional
modifiers (such as grids). Softboxes are
highly versatile, so they’re an ultra-popular
studio accessory.
Octaboxes
Octaboxes are special octagonal softboxes;
the rounder result is useful for shaping
portrait lighting. Octaboxes tend to be quite
large, creating especially soft, flattering light
that’s perfect for portrait photography.

Reflectors
Not to be confused with handheld reflectors
Reflectors (discussed below), reflective modifiers mount
directly to a studio strobe. They channel the
Snoots light in a specific angle for very directional
light. Reflector light is very hard, and most
reflectors are designed to take a variety of
grids.

Snoots
Snoots are modifiers designed to focus your
light in a very narrow beam. They make great
hair and background lights.
THANK
YOU!

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