When first setting up the studio lights and background for the magazine photoshoot, I used a white background to start. Due to the nature of keeping of wanting to keep brand synergy through out my three products I needed the actor to be wearing the same clothes she was wearing in the trailer. The white t-shirt blended into the background to much and this would have made it to hard to edit in post production.The lighting in the first picture was also to far away from the actor and there was minimal light to her face which is not effective for creating a good quality photograph.
To avoid using a white background which blended in with the actors costume, I switch the screen to a black one. The black one allowed for her to be seen much more clearly in her blue and white clothing. However, the lighting here was far to bright and caused many unwanted reflections. These tow pictures show the washed out look the actor has due to the lights not being placed correctly. I had to play around with the lights in order to achieve a successful picture.
Next after I had moved the lights repeatedly to achieve a darker background but still keeping the light hitting the actors face, there was yet again another problem. The actors hair was to dark and therefore it would have been extremely difficult in post production to edit and crop around the hair professionally. Although the lighting was now a success I still had to avoid a black screen and a white screen.
Finally, I decided to use a dark navy screen to allow for there to be no blended or hidden part of the actor. Her hair was darker than the background and her clothes were now lighter in appearance on the background. This balance between a good background and good lighting meant that i good achieve a high quality photo and it would make post production a lot easier in terms of cropping out.
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