Showing posts with label lighting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lighting. Show all posts

Sunday, 19 November 2017

LIGHTING: For Filming At Night

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From this video, I have learned that to film at night, you must adjust the aperture, ISO and shutter speed in the right way. 

ISO
The higher the ISO number, the brighter the image
ISO 100 = Dark
ISO 1600 = Bright
Any higher than 1600, the image will start to get really grainy. 

Aperture
The lower the aperture number, the brighter the image
F/22 = Dark
F/2.8 = Bright

Focus
You should also film in manual focus instead of auto focus because then, the focus won't keep trying to search for something to focus on. 

Video Mode
Also, you shouldn't film in automatic video mode because then you lose control over the ISO, aperture and shutter speed which makes the shots not look the same and gives a lot of image noise because the ISO is adjusted too high or the shutter speed is adjusted wrong or the image might start to flicker and also the video may be exposed to dark. This is why you should film in manual video mode

Sunday, 3 September 2017

LIGHTING: 3 Point Lighting In A Studio

3 Point Lighting In A Studio:
I wanted to learn more about lighting in a studio, how to do it properly. So, I watched two videos to understand how to get the perfect lighting on a subject in a photoshoot or on set for filming.

The ground rules for this are:
1. Key Light 
2. Fill Light 
3. Hair Light 
and you can also light up the background/backdrop behind your subject with one or two lights. 

Before you set up the lights, you need to decide where to place your camera in terms of the subject. So for example, most likely you may decide to place your camera directly in front of the subject. 












Depending on what kind of look/image you want you can either use one of the three main lights (key light, fill light, hair light), two, or all three. 

This is what it looks like to have all three lights used on a subject (without lights on the backdrop):













This is what it looks like to have all three lights used on a subject and lights on the backdrop this time: