3 Head lighting kit

With your mainlight source angled roughly 45º to your subject there will be dark shadows on one side of their face. The reflector will throw some of the light back onto the subject and therefore providing balanced illumination on the subject. You could increase the effect by using a silver (foil) coated reflector instead of a white one.

Your strobe should be set on a reasonable power to ensure there is enough light to reflect back onto the subject. If you were to use a larger softbox this power would need to

be increased.

You then have another flash head. You position it in the same position as the reflector we used previously. Giving a similar result but with more evenly distributed and diffused light. We still want to keep some definition in the models face, so we use a main light and a fill light. If light one is our main source then light two should be set on approximately two f stops less.

Adding a third light gives you a lot more creative control. You can use it as a fill light, catch light, spot light or a backlight. Keeping the other two strobes in the same position and settings as before we aim the third strobe against the background directly behind the model. We don’t need a softbox on this flash head but we could use an aluminium reflector if a more intense lighting effect was desired.

A photographer who inspires me is Lisa Young, she is a freelance journalist and photographer who specialises in travel and jounalism photography. She intrests me as she is the line of work i wish to be in, and looking at her work gives me ideas for pictures i have taken when i have been on holiday or even just going to london for a day. Her pictures are simple but very eyecatching and intresting to the eye, she uses the element of colours, lines depth of field etc to make the picture intresting for the audience. Here are some examples of her work


This picture was taken in Havana Cuba, The use of lines of the building in the background makes the picture inresting they almost frame the building in the foreground which stands out due to the colour of the building against the other. To me it connotes new taking over the old as the building in the background is newer and therefore bigger and better then the one in the foreground which makes it look as if it is taking over the older building, the use of the angle of the shot gives a intimidation feel the the picture as the newer building is over looking the older building. The picture also connotes chaos to me due to the amount of lines etc going on within the picture.


This picture is taken in Marsaxlokk, Malta. The use of colours and depth of field is what makes the picture interesting. The use of the boats colours makes it stand out from the rest of the picture as if it is some kind of outcast from the rest. This is also shown with the ducks just infront of the boat, the white duck being the outcast from the rest. The use of the natrual element of water being very prominent within the picture connotes relaxation. The use of the boat in the background connotes a sense of freedom as the boat in the foreground is tied up.









http://www.lisayoung.co.uk/index.htm