Lighting

During this lab session we had gone onto learn about lighting. We had the opportunity

To go into the green screen room and play around with some lighting effects to get a much deeper understanding of what we were doing.

We had learnt a lot about colour temperature, as when you want to take a picture it is important to get the colour temperature correct, this is because it is a way to make the image look exactly the same way as you would see something with your eyes, thus making it more realistic.

Colour temperature is measured in Kelvins (K) and the Kelvin spectrum ranges from 1,000K - 10,000K. This image below shows exactly what the scale looks like.

There are 3 rules we need to follow when thinking about lighting;

1. Set the camera up for the appropriate colour temperature if you want your picture to look normal.

2. You can setup your camera at a higher or lower colour temperature if you want a particular cinematographic effect or you are shooting day for night.

3. You can mix colour temperatures for creative effects.

White balance

White balance is a settings change within the camera to ensure that the white colour you see is still there in the final imaged. This is because camera does not see the way our eyes do.