Studio Equipment

Soft Box
This is a light attachment used to create an event, soft effect. This should be used for portrait photography.

Reflector
These are the most basic of the light attachments, and can be used in a variety of situations.

Barn Doors
These attachments are used to direct light in particular ways. These are used in still life photography.

Snoot
This is used to create a more direct, defined light source.

Coloured Filters
These are used to create different coloured light.

Honeycomb
This is used to create hard, defined shadows.

Lights

Key Light
​This is the main light source. It is the strongest, and has the most influence on the photograph.

Fill Light
This light is placed on the opposite side to the key light. It is used to fill the shadows created by the key light. It is usually softer than the key light, placed further away and has more of a flood than the key light.

Back Light
The back light (sometimes called the ‘hair light’ in portrait photography) is placed behind the subject to help them to stand out from the background. Its purpose is to provide definition and subtle highlights around the subject.

Basic Setup

Mode: M (Manual)
Aperture: f.14
Shutter Speed: 1/160 (1/160th of a second)
ISO: 100

Key Light: 1.5
Fill Light: 1.0
Back Light: 1.0