The aim of today's lesson is for you to apply what you have learnt from your research on portraits & lighting by taking your own set of photographs exploring that theme.
Task 1: Green (grade 1/2) a) Take one photoshoot (with at least 6 photos) of the same person, with each photograph using different lighting:
Spotlight
Side lighting
Back Lighting
Soft/diffused lighting
Natural lighting
Creative/unusual lighting
Vary your distance from the person, their expressions, their poses etc.
Amber (grade 3) a) Take one photoshoot (with at least 12 photos) of the same person, with each photograph using different lighting (2 photographs for each type of lighting):
Spotlight
Side lighting
Back Lighting
Soft/diffused lighting
Natural lighting
Creative/unusual lighting
Vary your distance from the person, their expressions, their poses etc. Use compositional guidelines in your photographs (such as simplicity, dramatic angles, rule of thirds) to make your portrait more successful/interesting.
Red (grades 4+) a) Take one photoshoot (with at least 18 photos) of the same person, with each photograph using different lighting (3 photographs for each type of lighting):
Spotlight
Side lighting
Back Lighting
Soft/diffused lighting
Natural lighting
Creative/unusual lighting
Vary your distance from the person, their expressions, their poses etc. Use compositional guidelines in your photographs (such as simplicity, dramatic angles, rule of thirds) to make your portrait more successful/interesting.
Lesson 2
Task 1: a) Upload your photos to your site. b) Put a title above your gallery of 'Portraits and Lighting shoot'. c) Caption each of your photographs with the type of lighting you used.
Task 3: Green (grade 1/2) Open your favourite photo in Affinity and edit to subtly enhance your image. You might like to try the following: - Desaturate your colours (make it black and white) - Enhance brightness and contrast - Enhance lighting and shadows (eg. curves or filters: render - lighting.)
Amber (grade 3) Edit two of your favourite photos from your shoot.
Red (grades 4+) Edit three of your favourite photos from your shoot.
Task 4: Export your edited photos as JPEGs then upload as images under the title 'editing portraits & lighting photos' so that your photos are large and show off the changes you have made.
Task 5: Write a short paragraph to review your photo shoot and edited photos. Put this underneath your large edited photos. Discuss the following:
- What are the strengths of your edited photos and why? - How could you develop these photos in a new and original way? To develop them, you would take an aspect of the style you have used and then make changes to make your photographs even more successful.
Extension task: Carry out whatever improvements/ developments you have mentioned in your annotations of your shoot/edits. It might involve a new photo shoot or it might be a different edit.