Mixed Lighting

This third assignment in the portrait lighting project was mixed lighting. The objective was to take pictures that utilized both natural and artificial light. This first picture is of Cora sitting in one of the school's stairwells. The natural light from the window is the primary light source, but i was shinning an LED flashlight at her face, which brightens the photo. I used a Nikon D3100 camera to take this photo.

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For this picture I had Cora stand underneath a yellow wall lamp in another school stairwell. This stairwell is not as well-lit as the previous one. However the lamp still illuminates her hair, almost like a hair light. You can see the light from the windows in the bottom left corner of the image. I used the same Nikon camera for this photo. At the time this picture was taken Cora was eating gold fish crackers, therefore they are the reason for her funny expression. 

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This last picture is taken in the same stairwell as the one before but with less of the yellow lamp above. Instead of having her stand directly underneath the lamp, I had Cora stand a little farther to the right, this took away some of the natural light, so I had to shine a flashlight at her face. That is what creates the slight shadow on the right side of her face. I once again used the same Nikon D3100 camera as the two previous photographs.

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