Freshmen Lighting Assignment
Lighting 101
The Task
The students will set up and shoot 20 pictures that will include one of each: back, back corrected, front, side, top, bottom, Fluorescent, 2 existing light, Outdoor lighting (same scene and object: Flat, Diffused, and Reflective) Indoor (Same Scene and object: Flat, Diffused, Reflective), Contrast, Refractive, lens flare, Silhouette and Cameo.
Resources needed: Camera, three lights, some sort of reflector (foam core, mirror, cardboard mounted with aluminum foil, etc..), some sort of diffusion (Silk, Wax Paper, Thin Bed Sheet, etc......
Resources needed: Camera, three lights, some sort of reflector (foam core, mirror, cardboard mounted with aluminum foil, etc..), some sort of diffusion (Silk, Wax Paper, Thin Bed Sheet, etc......
Examples
Lens Flare the sunlight rays create a lens flare | Cameo the girls are lit while background is black | Silhouette the sun going down back lights the trees making them indiscriminant |
Refractive Light is refractive creating a rainbow | Side Lighting Sun going down in the west in the evening shines on one side of my pups | Diffused Daylight is diffused through fog |
The Presentation Tool: Powerpoint or Google Slides
After taking these pictures you will then choose your favorite 15 (you must include the 3 indoor and 3 outdoor ones and the uni color one). You will put each of these pictures into PowerPoint with a title of the shot and a description of where the light is coming from. I will be looking for properly lit objects/talent along with creatively composed shots.
Make sure to prep before you shoot. Did you prepare all your gear? SD Card, batteries, filter, bounce board, etc....?

Indoor flat Using an L.E.D light overhead to cast flat lighting | indoor diffused Using a cookie sheet very subtly diffuses the light | indoor reflective See how using a little aluminum foil bounces light on to the front of the JOY |
Project Due: Jan. 24, 2017
Must be completed in either PowerPoint or Google Slides and must be sent to my email at brent.morton@risd.org by 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday Jan. 24th