As a Makeup Artist our photos are a huge part of our job, as we promote ourselves through our work it is vital that they look amazing. People wouldn't want a Makeup artist to do their makeup if the photos look shocking.
One key thing in photography is the lighting it makes the makeup look flawless, the colours stand out more and makes the overall photo look 10 times better with good lighting.
Most people think for a good photo you will just have a soft box light and the room light, well they are wrong!
There is so many different types of lights for photography and they all have different jobs in making the photos look good.
TIP: You can pretty much always tell what studio light is being used and how many is being used by looking at the reflection in the models eyes.
Firstly there is the Soft box they are the overall light for the photo, it diffuses the light into a pleasing soft, even light. When used properly, it reduces harsh shadows. It comes with a white cloth over the top and the inside of the soft box it is silver you can use it with or without the cover. The cover the lighting will be less bright and stand out more.
Ring light- The ring light creates a all over even illumination in closeup photography and creates a halo of light over the model leaving no unwanted shadows. The good thing about umbrellas are they cover a large area and are very reflective.
Beauty Light- The beauty light is a directional light that makes the model look flawless again getting rid of any unwanted shadows, this also creates a highlighted effect to the models skin making them look fresh and healthy but again making the photos look amazing.
Snoot lighting- A snoot is a tube that fits over a strobe or studio light to direct the light in a focused are and prevents light spill from getting into your shadows. Snoots direct your light and focus it inward. This makes the coverage very narrow and the light’s fall-off very sharp. A lot of Photographers use Snoots for Film noir shoots.
Umbrellas- This is usually a strobe into or through an umbrella. The key light provides the light for the viewer’s perspective. If you’re using a camera flash unit, place it off camera with an extension cable to avoid a bright and direct reflection. An amazing thing that the umbrellas do is you don't really need to colour correct your models skin as the light is that bright it doesn't pick it up on the camera. As the umbrellas are a silver metallic colour it makes the light bounce and gives the model that flawless look.
Rule of Thirds- The rule of thirds is applied by aligning a subject with the guide lines and their intersection points, placing the horizon on the top or bottom line, or allowing linear features in the image to flow from section to section.
Golden Ratio-The Golden Ratio allows for a composition that is perfectly balanced from a viewer’s perspective, creating a photograph that is most pleasing to the human eye. We naturally prefer to look at an image that is balanced and the as the viewers eyes automatically get drawn to it.
Aperture-Aperture is the opening in the lens When you hit the shutter release button of your camera a hole opens up that allows your cameras image sensor to catch a glimpse of the scene you’re wanting to capture. The aperture that you set impacts the size of that hole. The larger the hole the more light that gets in – the smaller the hole the less light.
Shutter Speed- shutter speed is the amount of time that the shutter is open In film photography it was the length of time that the film was exposed to the scene you’re photographing and similarly in digital photography shutter speed is the length of time that your image sensor ‘sees’ the scene you’re attempting to capture.
Depth of Field- camera can only focus its lens at a single point, but there will be an area that stretches in front of and behind this focus point that still appears sharp.This zone is known as the depth of field. It's not a fixed distance, it changes in size and can be described as either 'shallow' (where only a narrow zone appears sharp) or deep (where more of the picture appears sharp)
Bibliography :
http://www.techradar.com/how-to/photography-video-capture/cameras/what-is-depth-of-field-how-aperture-focal-length-and-focus-control-sharpness-1320959
http://digital-photography-school.com/shutter-speed/
http://digital-photography-school.com/FSTOP
http://photosecrets.com/studio-lighting-for-beginners
http://www.all-things-photography.com/types-of-photography-lighting/
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