Jardine McInerney: Studio Introduction

Studio Introduction

I have recently been introduced to the studio, I have been shown many important pieces of equipment and their uses that I will use regularly. I am going to talk about each piece of equipment individually that I’ve learnt within the session.

Studio Equipment

Soft box - The soft box is used to create soft diffused light and it also is used as a modifier.

Beauty dish - The beauty dish is used for soft lighting and gives a dramatic effect.

Honeycomb Grid - A honeycomb shaped grid attaches on to the modifier and slightly diffuses the light.

Reflectors - Comes in black (absorb the light) and white (reflect the light) and are made from large pieces of polystyrene.

Snoot - A snoot is a cone tube that fit over the lights to give's a controlled beam light.

Tripod - The tripod is used for keeping the camera elevated and balanced.

Health and safety

Don’t touch bulb because they could be hot.

Don’t leave wires trailing because this cause trips or fall.

In case of fire don’t use the lifts, use the stairs.

Dont take food or drinks in the studio.

When I went in the studio learning about the types of lighting I decided to try them out, so I used a soft box and took some images of still object but each image I took I change the setting on my camera to see what effect it would have on each image.

Iso - 100, F7.1, 1/60sec

I took this image in the studio with using Tungsten lighting on my camera to see what it effect it would give.

I like the effect it gives because its not the normal setting I would generally use.