2nd Artist talk for Sept

Todd Wright came and gave a lecture and studio demonstration to the Advanced Studio class and I was lucky enough to be able to go and listen. Todd is a local photographer in the Richmond area, shooting mainly commercial and editorial work. It was interesting to watch him go through his website and talk about the work he has up currently. He would explain the lighting on each image as well as comment on any aftereffects that were used. He also talked a little about his rep and the feed back his rep gives him on different images. The most intriguing part of his visit was his lighting demos.

Todd not only explained what a ring flash was and what it did, but he brought one in for the lecture and gave several examples of it's use. He showed that the ring flash gives an even shadow all around the subject that gets larger as the subject gets farther away from the background, yet gives perfect shaping to the subject. Mr. Wright also gave examples of traditional beauty lighting with a large octa bank directly over the models head and a large white bounce card at the feet to reflect the light back up. One other trick he showed us was to use black cards to give the model a dark outline (this was my favorite trick and something I hadn't seen done before).