There is a lot you can do with studio lighting and many ways to use lights, one of the more dramatic use of lights which is a little fun is using two flash guns to dynamic contrasting and somewhat directional lighting.
In this shot we see a single flash gun on this child portrait.
But thats what you can do with a flash gun and there are some more far better examples of the use of flash guns especially with fashion photography. But this post is about studio lighting and I wanted you to think outside of the box before you get fixed on studio lighting.
these videos I found from a comment made on one of our websites and blogs and want ed to realy show these as they do offer the basics of simple lighting.
ONE LIGHT
This is the follow up video that gives you the ONE TWO and THREE lights.
One of the things that I do spot most of the time is no hair lighting with it is needed and this has a BIG effect on the way that the pictures looks and hte model asn they pull them away from the backgrounds and to add some Drama and Contrast.
Of course as a creative person, Lighting and aspects of your lighting will effect the way the image is portrayed and using different lighting for different styles of photography is important as well.
This photo is a reverced lighting application, the more higher power light is 45 /45 to the rear and the gun is balnaced for even lighting on the front of the subject about 20 degrees off centre and just slightly under the level with the eyes for those catch lights and of course to remove the shadowing under the nose.
When It comes to models with Dark hair you tend to have to go up a few stops over those with light hair where you would have to come down a few stops, but with curls, and you can see you need to take a medium basis for the light as often the thiner areas of hair will burn out as the light shines through the hair itself.
Either way the best way to learn is with geting out there and playing with the lights and really working the difference in the power and position of the lights to add or remove shadows.
If you want to try something simple with your flash gun, take a sunjects photos with the flash pointing directly up and then turn your camer upside down and see the change in the contrast and lighting and how it falls across the face and where the shadows fall.
