Experiments With Lighting

After we had looked at the setting, we involved the lights. we set them up as a standard 3 point set up. One as the key light, one as the fill light, and another as the back light. We experimented with these, and what would happen if we took one of the three out, and then we went on to experiment with different gels over the lights.

Below are some of the results of our experimentation (taken on the Canon 550D):

House lights - the normal lighting of the room without the use of professional lighting.

All lights on with backlight - all three lights were used here to give a bright look and the backlight makes the image look more three-dimensional. 

All lights on without backlight - here we turned off the backlight to make the subject look more two-dimensional against the black background.

Backlight only - using just the backlight gave a very distinct, creepy feel by revealing just the outline of the subject, creating enigma in the image.