Light lab – four seasons.

Autumn sunset.

The backdrop attempts to emulate the sky in autumn and at sunset: deep, full colours at the bottom, and that sort of autumnal gray on top. The light hitting the model is primarily from SL, and maintains a sort of warmness while fading into night.

Model lit with:

1 full intensity with a yellow gel, sidelight hung SL at a 32 degree angle of elevation and 56 degree side angle.

1 half intensity with a magenta gel, sidelight hung SL at 23 degree angle of elevation and 56 degree side angle.

1 half intensity with a red gel, backlight hung SR at a -19 degree angle of elevation and a 56 degree side angle.

1 half intensity with a blue gel, footlight hung SR at a -31 degree angle of elevation and 37 degree side angle.

Backdrop lit with:

1 half intensity with an AP1800 gel, footlight SR

1 half intensity with a G885 gel, from above CR

1 quarter intensity with a G925 gel, from above SR

1 full intensity with an AP2020 gel, from above SL

Caribbean noon. All the light hitting the model is from directly above. The proximity of the Caribbean to the equator and the time of day prompted that decision. The backdrop attempts to emulate clear blue water and clear blue skies.

Model lit with:

3 full intensity backlights with yellow gels:

– 2 at a 52 degree angle of elevation and a 21 degree back angle to SR/SL

– 1 at a 52 degree angle of elevation and a 0 degree side angle

2 full intensity sidelights with AP7550 gels, at 75 degree angles of elevation SR/SL

1 full intensity sidelight with an AP6500 directly above the model

2 full intensity frontlights with AP7550 gels at 52 degree angles of elevation and 21 degree side angles SR/SL

1 full intensity frontlight with no gel at a 52 degree angle of elevation and a 0 degree side angle

Backdrop lit with:

1 full intensity with a blue gel, from above SL

1 full intensity footlight with a cyan gel CL

Cathedral sunrise. I really played with the idea of an enclosed space here, where the only light was coming through a stain-glass window. The backdrop is mainly for mood, but I also sought to create a sense of the vastness of a cathedral by using darker colours. The model is lit entirely from SR, with direct sidelight at high angles, and in many rich full colours to emulate light coming through a stain-glass window.

Model lit with:

2 full intensity direct sidelights with red gels

– 43 degree angle of elevation

– 51 degree angle of elevation

1 full intensity direct sidelight with with a yellow gel at a 37 degree angle of elevation

1 half intensity direct sidelight with no gel at a 27 degree angle of elevation

1 full intensity direct sidelight with a blue gel at a 0 degree angle of elevation

Backdrop lit with

1 quarter intensity footlight with a red gel CR

1 quarter intensity with a blue gel from above SL

Winter afternoon. I used a lot of grays and whites here. There’s a certain grayness to the light in winter, like it is peaking through clouds to get to earth.

Model lit with:

1 full intensity sidelight with no gel at a 29 degree angle of elevation and a 37 degree side angle SL

1 half intensity backlight with a G515 gel at a 37 degree angle pf elevation and a 56 degree back angle SR

1 quarter intensity backlight with a G515 gel at a -19 degree angle of elevation and a 56 degree back angle SR

Backdrop lit with:

2 quarter intensity with G515 gels from above SR/SL

2 half intensity with G525 gels from above CR/CL

2 quarter intensity footlights with no gels SR/SL