Research: Studio Portraiture
Hasselblad and Lighting techniques


Within the studio space there are different ways to manipulate styles using lighting to give a completely different look to a portrait. Light hitting on background can dramatically change the feel of surrounding such as a bright white back with a soft focus giving the image a contemporary clean look. To create a bright white background needs a higher F stop on subject. Bowen and Elinchrom lighting  used as a back light with a lower F stop to subject can create a pale grey background. Black backgrounds, the subject stands at a far distance, the backing light needs to be set on a lower Fstop than the subject light which is measured with a light meter that helps to guide photographer to get a perfect aperture and exposure within the camera.

The hasselblad connects to the computer, that transfers into a programme called 'capture one'  this helps to view images on screen to see if its in focus and if it is we can five star  on favourite images on each shoot.  A fine cable also needs to be synced with lights so when flashed onto subject, the image will appear into camera and software. Hasselblad cameras are very expensive which were originally used to produce negatives but camera can be used to produce digital images where there is a separate back available called a digital sensor. The camera equipment is set up by hand this makes the camera fragile to attach equipment forcefully together especially when camera isn't 'cocked'.