HOUGH TO:
with Christian Hough
You can't beat a bit of hands on experience and
practical demonstration to help you get to grips with
lighting; which is exactly what the second year HND
Photography students at Solihill College received,
when Christian spent the afternoon with them running
through a few tips and lighting set-ups, whilst providing a little inspiration. In this issue of Litebook, we'll see
just what the students achieved in a few hours with their Bowens equipment and a little expert guidance
and how you can achieve the same!
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First things first...
“The high-key background is one of the most used
set-ups in contemporary photography and is used
in all photographic disciplines, from portraits to fashion.
It is an excellent way of making sure that the subject in
the photograph receives 100% of the viewers attention
and not distracted by clutter in the background. All we
are doing to achieve the high-key background is simply
taking advantage of the lack of dynamic range of the
camera to make the background white, as demonstrated
“In this edition of ‘Hough To’, Christian will
in the image taken by Ilona Zielinska at Solihull College
be visiting a local college to teach second year
(bottom right - Model: Monica)”.
HND students how to get to grips with some
2 Metering & Set-Up #1.
professional studio lighting equipment’
“Set your lights up in the same way as the
lighting diagram (below). With the two
background lights turned-off, meter your key light on its own and aim for
a reading of f11-f11.5 at the subject. Then simply meter each of the
background lights at the centre of the background paper approximately 1
– 1½ stops less than the key light; say f8. Set your shutter to around
1/125sec and shoot away!”
Hints & Tips...
• Aim to get a complete histogram,
with a large ‘highlight-spike’ at the
right side of the histogram.
• Use a directional light-source to
light the background, such as the
high performance reflector.
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