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By: Stirling Kim Moss Mixed Lighting I have always enjoyed night time photography as the mixing of different light sources results in a kaleidoscope of colors and light trails. Also, the contrast between light and dark areas creates a vibrant, and engaging scene. Capturing light trails with long exposures with their twisting shapes and lines leads the viewer's eye throughout the image. I experimented with the camera settings and varied the ISO, aperture, and shutter speed settings in order to achieve the pictures that I was looking for. I learnt that with a low ISO setting like 100, I was able to extend the length of the shutter speed to 30 seconds. A small aperture also allowed me to extend the duration of the shutter opening. At first, even with long 30 second exposures I was still unable to capture enough red, white and other streaks of light. Therefore, I decided to apply a cool feature of Adobe Photoshop called Stack Mode. I then proceeded to take 2 or

By: Stirling Kim Moss Studio Lighting 1) Proper 2:1 Ratio Lighting It was quite the challenge to achieve this type of lighting where all shadows on the face and background had to be reduced as much as possible. I found that the positioning of the light sources, as well as the distance between the camera and the subject were the most crucial parts during the shoot. 2) Experimental Lighting I wanted to produce a large distorted/warped shadow that would resemble a monster or an alien behind me. It was a struggle at first because I wasn't exactly sure how to produce the shadows that I was looking for. I attempted to use several tungsten lights, however, the shadows that were produced we not quite as sharp as I wanted and were also far too dispersed along the wall. I attempted to try using a single LED bulb which allowed me to control how much light was being emitted and was just easier to work with all around. The LED bulbs were able to give o