I thought that completing the lighting ratios task and the high/low key lighting was actually pretty interesting. I’ve used studio lights before but in a very basic manner, kind of eyeballing everything. I’ve never deliberately measured the light on different sides of what I’m shooting, either. I particularly liked the difference in moods that we were able to capture between the high and low key lighting setups. I wasn’t able to shoot anything on my own camera, as the shoe for the sync cord wasn’t working, but we all took turns with JC’s camera and got some beautiful results.

I’ve never really enjoyed working with studio lights before but I’m actually pretty excited to start the next project. I’m not exactly sure what I’ll do, but I’m considering using different kinds of fabric with various patterns and degrees of translucency to diffuse the light between the lighting setup and my subject. I might play around with other translucent material as well, possibly to get different color tones in the light? Once I decide for sure what kind of mood I want to capture in this project, I’ll decide exactly what I want to use.