Studio Experiment 26.10


Studio Experiments 

In the studio with Peter Ren we were challenged to recreate a portrait that we were inspired by. We chose this silhouetted image where the edges were illuminated. 



We decided that what made this image so impactful was its areas of high contrast and also the fact that it had an element of mystery due to the fact that only parts of the model are visible. To replicate this effect we decided that a black background would be most impactful as the white edges of our model (me) would stand out more.

We started by placing a flash directly behind me. What this achieved was a white glow around my hair and a nice black background but unfortunately the rest of my body was exposed and you could also see the lighting support behind my head


We then decided to bring 2 flashes either side of me so that they would highlight the edges of my face. This did a better job at darkening the front of my face but the edges were also sacrificed to the darkness, but we knew that we were on to something with lighting from the side. 


After slightly adjusting the direction of the 2 lights so that they were slightly behind me but in a diagonal direction towards by ears and moving the whole set up further away from the backdrop to make the background darker we achieved the silhouette with the ghostly illuminated edges that we set out to recreate. 
Final photo

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