I Recently enjoyed shooting spotlight portraits of some new students at college.
Spotlight images are images used by the acting profession to help them select actors prior to casting.
Before we shot the students we shot each other, we experimented in tungsten lighting, with a 50mm portrait lens as we liked the result that it produced.
I also looked at headshot websites like this one below :
It's important to remember to alter the setting afterwards in camera raw. Otherwise the image will come out with a colour cast like the image below :
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| Image before editing white balance in camera raw |
The image below has had the tungsten colour cast altered, it makes a big difference. This casn be done in any image and is particularly helpful when working with street lighting at night.
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| Editing tungsten studio images in RAW |
This is how the image should look after colour correction and editing to convert to black and white. By creating a simple, but interesting lighting set up there is depth in the image and the subjects persona is able to shine through.
I was pleased with the end result that was achieved. Hope the students are too. Here are a selection of the final images below :
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