TERM 2, Week 1, Introduction to Digital Technology 2

Week 1

Term 2

Introduction To Digital Technology 2

Which genre require more photo retouching??

Creative and Artistic Genres which cover Commercial, Product, Advertisement, Celebrity and Band Portraiture, Fashion, Studio and Catalogue. 

Why do you think this is??

Cause Creative and Artistic imagery tends to have a lot more leeway to do what you want with over other types of photography. For photography like Celebrity and Band and Studio ext.images sometimes require photoshopping to enhance the images for promotion. Creative Genres also tend to allow an element of fantasy and as so are more liberal in terms of photographic ethics, allowing for significant retouching and blending of images. 

   

Photographer that fits into an Editorial Genre??

Bernd & Hilla Becher

Which Editorial Genre do they fit into?

Architecture/Documentary 

What approach do they take to their style of photography?

  A lot of the Bechers Photography was shot in black and white and depicted industrial buildings, towers, factories, and wind towers as a documentation of a disappearing age in buildings.  Their photos were generally shot raw against a grey pale sky, in a carefully balanced light to avoid strong shadows, and their images were generally shot with the subject being central to the image. 

Photographer that fits into a Creative Genre??

David LaChapelle

Which Creative Genre do they fit into?

Studio/Catalogue/Celebrity Portraiture/Advertisement/Commercial/Nude/Fine Art.

What approach do they take to their style of Photography?

LaChapelle owns his own studio and as such a lot of his photographs are and were taken in a studio format. His photography is known for being out there and in your face with lights and lots of bright colour. He takes more formal images over raw. He is quoted as saying he doesn't want to reinvent the person in the image he wants to take the iconic image that they show in 20yrs to come that describes who they were and the person they've become. 

Photographer that fits into a Creative Fine Art Genre??

Annie Leibovitz

Could this Photographer fit into any editorial Genres as well?

Yes: Fashion/Celebrity/Nature

Where will your photography this term fit on these graphs?? 

At this point I'm still trying to figure out where my photography will be heading this term, BUT I'm guessing from my interests outside of photography and photography I've already done that it might head more in the direction of  Editorial, Landscape or Nature Photography as it's the genre of photography I usually tend to lean towards when taking images, BUT I have also been interested in possibly trying People Photography in a more natural outdoor scene or possibly even Church Architecture as I've been bought up around around Architecture as my dads an Architect, and I was raised in the church and still am a Christian, and have always had an interest in taking images of churches or even possibly creating a story around them with the people as well.

  

  

Artist Research Week 7: Low Key Lighting

Week 7 Low Key Lighting

Artist 1

Paolo Roversi

Paolo Raversi, Scarlotte Johanson 

Paolo Raversi, Dazed and Confused, July 2013

Paolo is a Russian Photographer, born in 1947. Paolo became interested in Photography during a family vacation to Spain in 1964. When he returned to created his own dark room with another keen amateur, and began developing his own black and white print work. In Paris, Roversi started working as a reporter for the Huppert Agency but little by little, through his friends, he began to approach fashion photography. 

Bottom Image shows rembrant Lighting with the triangle light under her eye.

Bottom Image shows Butterfly Lighting with the shadow under her nose.

Artist 2

Bill Henderson 

Bill Henderson

Bill Henderson

Bill Henderson was born in 1941

Top Image, Loop Lighting seen in the loop shadow beside her nose 

Bottom Image, Butterfly Lighting seen with the shadow under her nose

Camera Use Week 7: Low Key Light

Week 7 

In Class Exercise


1. Split lighting

Shutter Speed 1/125   Fstop 7.1   ISO 100 

Shutter Speed 1/125  Fstop 7.1   ISO 100

These are our class Split Lighting Images. To get the lighting looking like this we used the key light directly to one side of the subject in this case "Rabia". Doing this splits the face exactly into equal halves with one side being light and the other side being shadow. As clearly seen in the top and bottom images. 

2. Loop Lighting

Shutter Speed 1/125   Fstop 10.0   ISO 100

Shutter Speed 1/125   Fstop 10.0   ISO 100

These are our class Loop Lighting Images. To get the lighting to look like this the light source needs to be slightly higher than eye level, and more to the front of your subject than needed for split lighting. This effect should cause shadowing to fall to the side of the nose that loops around, hence the name loop lighting. As seen in the top and bottom images.

3. Rembrant Lighting

Shutter Speed 1/125   Fstop 10.0   ISO 100

This is our class Image for Rembrant Lighting. To create Rembrant lighting the subject in this case "Aroha" needs to face slightly away from the light. The key light also need to be slightly further to the side than needed for loop lighting. The effect you need to se from this is a Triangle patter under the eye thats away from the light as seen in this image. 

4. Butterfly Lighting 

Shutter Speed 1/125   Fstop 13.0   ISO 100

Shutter Speed 1/125   Fstop 13.0   ISO 100

These are our in class images for Butterfly lighting. To achieve this effect you need to have a light source directly behind the camera and slightly above the eye or head level of the subject. The effect you should get is a butterfly like shape under the nose, as seen in both these images. 

  

Artist Research Week 7: Gels

Week 7 Gels

Artist 1

Ryan McGinley

Ryan McGinley, Dakota Hair, 2004

Ryan McGinley

Ryan Ginley is an American Photographer, Born in 1977. Ryan began photography by photographing images of his friends when he was a teenager. The fine art community took notice of his work when he printed a 50 page inkjet book entitled "The kids are alright" in 1999. And His large-formate colour photographs were soon exhibited on the walls of the Whitney Museum of American Art, where he was the youngest person ever, at the age of 25, to be given a solo exhibition. McGinley work has since appeared in prestigious publications such as New York Times Magazine, Vogue, and W, allowing him to boarden  his subject matter to include Olympic Athletes, Artists, Actors, and Models. He has exhibited his work at 26 different exhibitions, and won 6 awards including "Most Important Photographer in America" By American Photo Magazine. and "International Center of Photography, Infinity Award, Best Young Photographer" 2007 

Top Image (2004), This image is being lit up at the front probably by the sun but could be a gel to make her front seem red. This image was also taken with a slow shutter speed to get the background as nice as it looks. 

Bottom Image, I don't usually like nude images but this one showed the oranges better than a lot of the other images so I picked it. I think for this image either he's gotten her in just the right place that the sun's hitting her or he's used orange gels to lit up the image at the front. 

Artist 2

Olafur Eliasson

Olafur Eliasson, Rainbow, 2006

Olafur Eliasson, The Weather Project, 2003

Olafur is a Danish Photographer, Born in 1967. He is best know for his sculptures and large scale installation art employing elemental materials suck as light, water, and air temperature to enhance the viewers experiance. In 1995, he established Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin, Olafur has his first solo show Nicolas Schafhausen in Cologne in 1993, before moving to  Berlin in 1994. In 1996, Olafur had his first show in the United States. at Tanya Bonakar Gallery. He has since had major solo exhibitions at Kunsthaus Bergenz, Musee d'Art Moderne, in Paris 2001. Schirn Kunsthalle, Franfurt, 2004. and many more. 

Top Image (Rainbow), I really love the lighting in this image, It's so pretty. The walls almost act as Gels putting colours onto the people inside the image. For example the two boys in this image ae red from standing in front of the red wall. 

Bottom Image (Weather), This is really amazing too, I love the reflection on the roof and the Orange colour streaming through the building kinda acting as a giant Gel reflecting orange all through the room.  

Camera Use Week 7: Gels

Week 7

In Class Exercise 

1. Take an Image using Gels to light up the Image.

Shutter Speed 1/125   Fstop 4.5   ISO 100

Shutter Speed 1/125   Fstop 4.5   ISO 100

These are my In Class Gel Images. Because Barbie has blonde hair we decided to use a lighter coloured Gel rather than a darker one to bring out the lighter colours in her hair. For these images I asked Barbie to fling her hair back cause I thought it'd look cool with the lighting :) 

For these Images we used the Blue Gel over the Key light so we'd get more blue over the Image and then used the Orange over the Fill light directly oposite so we'd get the half and half effect and asked Barbie to sit with her back to the orange Gel so the orange would just cover her back and hair. We had the fill light with a lower brightness setting so we'd just get the orange in a controlled area of the image.

The Top Image i edited in Photoshop RAW by Upping the vibrance and Exposure. 

The Bottom Image I used the White Balance Tool to make the Blues lighter which I actually think looks really cool with this image.

Self Directed Task

Shutter Speed 1/125   Fstop 11.0   ISO 100

Shutter Speed 1/125   Fstop 11.0   ISO 100

These are my self directed Gel Images I did the other day in the studio with Amiee and Aroha. For these images we didn't want any of the colour to fall on Aimee so we used two back lights with a Red and Yellow Gel to light up the back and aimed them more towards the wall. With the Bottom image it took us a while to get the Yellow and Red to mesh together. We had to keep taking the Red down so it didn't overpower the Yellow Gel. As you can tell it's quite a bit lighter than how we originally had the red in the above image.  We also used a spot light above Aimee's head to keep her lit. 

Digital Technology Week 7: Retouching Images

Week 7 Digital Technology 

Retouching Images

In Class

Before

After

I edited this Image in Photoshop. First thing I did in Photoshop once I opened the Image was create a new layer which I did by dragging the background layer down to the "create a new layer" symbol. Once the new layer was up I then went to the "Spot Removal Tool" and got rid of any blemishes I could see on her face that I didn't want in the image, after finishing I then renamed the Layer, Blemishes.  After this step I can't fully remember what I did because I renamed the layers lol, BUT I think after that I went to the "Lasso Tool" and went around her teeth. I then went to the "Create a new fill or Adjustment Layer" symbol, and went to the Hue/Saturation tab, Once in I went to the Master panel and went down to yellows and took the yellows down to correct the colour of her teeth, I then renamed this layer Teeth. Once finished, I went back to the "Lasso Tool" this time going around the Whites of her eyes, Once done I went back down to the "Create a new fill or Adjustment Layer" Symbol, This time going to  the Brightness and Contrast tab, Once in I took the contrast down and brightness up to try and whiten her eyes, Then named the tab Eyes. After Finishing, I went to filter and opened the image into Camera RAW, I then opened the Adjustment Bush and took the clarity down and dragged the brush over her face to soften the skin. I then re-opened the image back into Photoshop and used the "Clone Stamp Tool" to get rid of the bit of fluf on her beanie. And I think after that I went to the little symbol on the top right side of the layers panel, pressed it, and went down to "flatter image" and then saved.  

Self Directed Editing

Before

After

This Image I pretty much did exactly the same thing I did in class, only difference is, I didn't open the image straight into Photoshop, I first opened it into Photoshop RAW to try and darken my sister skin before using the layers in photoshop cause as you can see my sister has quite pail skin. Once I opened the Image into Photoshop RAW I went to the Adjustment Brush and took the Exposure down and dragged the brush over her face to darken the skin. Once finished I opened the image into Photoshop and created a new layer which I named Blemishes, I then went to the Spot removal tool and got rid of any blemishes I didn't want in the image. After this step I then went to the "Lasso" Tool and went around the Whites of her eyes. Once done I went to the "Create a new fill or adjustment Layer" Symbol, and went to the Brightness and Contrasting Tab, Once done I took the Contrast down and the brightness up to dry and whiten her eyes. One finished, I then re-opened the image back into Photoshop RAW, I then went to the Adjustment Brush and took the clarity down and dragged the brush over her face to help smoothen her skin. I then re-opened the image back into Photoshop and set the foreground colour to black and re opened the adjustment brush and went around the blacks of her eyes to make them darker. I thenwent to the little symbol on the top right side of the layers panel, pressed it, went down to "flatter image" and then saved the image. 

Artist Research Week 6: Three Point Lighting

Week 6 Three Point Lighting

Artist 1

Annie Leibovitz

Annie Leibovitz, Miley Cyrus, Vanity Fair, 2008

Annie Leibovitz, Adele, Vogue, 2012

Annie Leibovitz, Huge Jackman, Les Miserales Cast Photo, 2012

Annie Leibovitz is an American Portrait Photographer, born in 1949. Leibovitz first began Photography while stationed in the Philippines during the Vietnam War. Her artistic abilities began to show at school and she went on to study painting at the San Fransisco art institute, and continued to practise her camera work while working various jobs. In 1970, she started working  as a photographer for the Rolling Stone Magazine, and within three years was named rolling Stones chief Photographer. By 1983, she had started working for Vanity Fair Magazine. During this time other Artist, notably Richard Avedon and Henry Carter-Bresson, Influenced Leibovitz's Photography. her significant Milestones include, accompanying the Rolling Stones on their tour of America in 1975, Photographing Joan Armatrading over four days of her "To the Limit" album cover in 1978, and her portait of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, which became one of the most famous Rolling Stone's covers, as only hours after Leibovitz Photographed the couple, Lennon was Killed. During the 90's Leibovitz's work began to be exhibited in galleries and museums. In 1991, The national portrait gallery in Washington mounted over 200 colour and black and white photographs, and an accompanying book was published. "Photographs, Annie Leibovitz, 1970-1990". Leibovitz has taken many images of Celebrities and has had the change to photograph British royalty as well, in 2007 she took an official portrait of Queen Elizabeth, and was the first american to be ever asked to do so. between 2009 and 2011, The Smithsonian American Arts Museum exhibited some of her images and in 2012, went on to enquire 64 work for it's permanent collection.  

Top Image (Miley Cyrus), I think this image is also a very notable Image for Annie because of the negative response it got from the public.  I'm pretty sure it was broadcast all over the world due to the fact that Miley at the time was only 15 and was only wearing a sheet to cover herself with. I went online to see how the lighting was done for this shoot, and it looks like they only used one main light which would have been the Key Light behind her. 

Middle Image (Adele), I really like this image I think it's really pretty. They obviously used a back light in this image due to the fact her hair at the top is quite light up and probably a key and fill light as well as her face is lit up. I think they we're use more above as the light seems to be coming from higher up in this image. 

Bottom Image (Huge Jackman), In this image I think they used a Key light of to the right side and a fill light on the other just to soften the shadows a bit. No back lights were used in this image as the back is not lit up.

Artist 2

Yvonne Todd

Yvonne Todd, Creamy Phychology, 2008

Yvonne Todd, Self Portrait. 

Yvone Todd is a New Zealand Photographer, born in 1973. Todd creates images of women as female characters, often as the forgotten and marginalised, sourced from reality, literature, and Todd's imagination.  These portraits are often altered to create unsettling  images filled with empty gazes and poses, big hair and teeth, coupled with skilled post production altering faces just slightly and creating a shinny gloss the covers everything. Todd was trained in  commercial photography before studying at art school and becoming an artist, Todd uses the same techniques required in commercial  Photogenic studio portrait and production shoots. Todd is known for creating images that are a little bit of and not quite right. Todd fascination with artificial studio photography, as well as props, wigs, and false teeth, and post production through photoshop, heightens the cliches used by Todd, through costumes and aspects of performance to create her images.  From 2014-2015, City Gallery Wellington mounted a major survey of Todd's work, which included over 150 pieces. She won the Inaugural Walters prize, which is New Zealand's largest contemporary art prize, in 2002, for her collection of art work Asthma & Eczema.

Top Image (2008), In this image Todd used a back light which I think is angled higher cause the highlighting on the back of the models hair kinda goes from the top to about half way down her hair. A key light at the front which you can see glowing on her night down and a fill light of to the side on the right. 

Bottom Image (Self), In this Image again she used a back light which you can see highlighting her hair and the side of her check. Also a key light of to the side on the left which you can see from the lighting on her clothing and probably a fill like on the right hand side to balance out the shadowing. 

Camera Use Week 6: Three Point Lighting

Week 6

In Class Exercise

1. Three Point Lighting Set Up

Shutter Speed 1/125   Fstop 8.0   ISO 100

Shutter Speed 1/125   Fstop 11.0   ISO 100

Shutter Speed 1/125   Fstop 11.0   ISO 100

These are my Images I took while setting up for 3 point lighting in class. 

The Light Meter that Barbie is holding was used to measure the amount of light around our model, and was used to help us decide what Fstop number we needed or how bright we needed the lights to be to get the best image. 

The Top Image was our test for key lighting. This is the first and most important lighting to set up. Since most of the light comes from the key Light we needed this light to be brighter than the other spot lights as you can see from these Images. 

The Middle Image was our test for the Fill Light. We had this light set up on the oposite side of the   

studio to the key light. (The key light was set up at the front Left and the Fill Light front Right.) This light helps to smoothen or take away the shadows cast by the key lighting.

The Bottom Image was our set up for Back Lighting. For this lighting we only wanted a back outline of light or in this case a back side lighting on her hair, to help light up not just the front but the back of the image as well, which is clearly seen in this image. 

Shutter Speed 1/125   Fstop 11.0   ISO 100

This was my final image after all lighting had been tested and set up :) 

In Photoshop RAW I took the Exposure and Highlights up a tiny bit.

Self Directed Task

1. Do some research on poses and work with your model and direct them into the Pose.

These are my poses I wanted my Model "Barbie" to pose with. I decided instead of just doing one type of pose and photograph I'd experiment and try a closer head shot as well as a wider shot for this task.  After setting the lights up to how I wanted them, I showed the Images to barbie and Directed her as to how I wanted the images to look.

Shutter Speed 1/125   Fstop 11.0   ISO 100

Shutter Speed 1/125   Fstop 11.0   ISO 100

These were my outcomes for the close up head shot. I decided since the back light was on the back right that I'd have Barbie facing the oposit way to the diagram, as I thought it'd look nicer with the light on the side of Barbie's hair. Because I didn't want Barbie to move around I asked her to look in different direction for example in these images towards the camera and looking down to the left. I'm really happy with how they turned out :D

In Photoshop Raw I took the Exposure and Highlights up on both Images.

Shutter Speed 1/125   Fstop 11.0   ISO 100

Shutter Speed 1/125   Fstop 11.0   ISO 100

These are my outcomes for the wider shot. For these images instead of having her hands in her back pocket I asked Barbie to rest her hands on her legs and look down rather than straight at the camera. And decided to test her doing the same pose facing both ways to see how the back lighting looked on her hair. I'm really happy with how they turned out :)

In Photoshop RAW I took the Exposure and Highlights up a tiny bit in Both images.

Artist Research Week 6: Flash

Week 6 Flash

Artist 1

Juergen Teller

Juergen Teller, Keira Knightley, W, February 2013

Juergen Teller, Harry Styles, The Sunday Times, 2012

Juergen Teller, Amy Adams, W, February 2014

(Book Research From - Marchenstuberl Juergen Teller)

Teller is a German Photographer, Born in 1964. He is know for using Flash in a lot of his Photography work. Teller first gained wider recognition in 1996 with his front cover of Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazine featuring a nude Kirsten McMenamy with the word ‘Versace’ drawn in a heart across her chest.  He is now widely recognized as one of the most popular contemporary fashion photographers in spite of his "Bad Boy" reputation in the world of fashion. He has done work for Vogue, Face, and W Magazine.  Tellers photography has over the course of time increasingly resolved around such topics as the family, home, and personal origin. Tellers approach to his work is uprooting something from reality by retouching or by affected illumination.  Even in his work for magazine's such as Vogue and W, Teller avoids adapting their operatta like distortion of reality. Teller prioritizes as aesthetics of the imperfect, the moment, and the snapshot. Teller says "For me, the snapshot is one of the highest forms of capturing life, It's just the best thing. It can express everything from love to just capuring a moment" Teller studied at the Bayerische Staatslehranstalt für Photographie in Munich, Germany (1984–1986). In 2003 Teller was awarded the Citibank Prize for his photography and has exhibited both nationally and Internationally. 

Top Image (Keira Knightley), I think the flash in this image is coming from the left side of the image due to the fact that it's brighter on the left side of the image than it is on the right. I also think a half moon may have been used in this image due to the fact the flash doesn't seem that bright, especially up against the harry styles image.

Middle Image (Harry Styles), I looked at the other boys Images from One Direction and they all had shadows behind them which to me shows the flash was pointed straight at them. Harry's Image doesn't have that shadowing like the others BUT I still think this image was either taken from above or from straight in front, as the lighting doesn't really get darker on either side of the image, it does a little at the bottom though which makes me think the flash could have been coming from above BUT I'm thinking it's more likely coming from straight on. No Half moon would have been used in this image.

Bottom Image (Amy Adams), I think the lighting in this image is coming from the left but a little more straight on, on the left cause her front and left side are lit up BUT you can still see shadowing on the right and up over her back which to me indicates it's not coming from above or from the right. A half moon may have been used in this image to keep the lighting from getting to bright being outside.  

Artist 2

Ernst Haas

Ernst Haas, New York City Bellet, 1960s

Ernst Haas, New York City Bellet, 1960's

Hass was an Austrian Photographer, Born in 1921. He was a Photojournalist and pioneering colour photographer in his 40yrs career. Haas started of as a medical student but the war and his own artistic nature were to overpowering. The war provided Haas with his first photographic break, an essay on the returning Austrian POW's. Homecoming was published in HEUTE, then throughout the world through magnum. He was later asked to join a newly formed cooperative picture agency. For many years Haas work with straight black and white Photography while covering the globe, BUT gradually Haas became drawn to the possibilities of colour Photography. Edward Steichen says, "Haas is a free spirit, untrammeled by tradition and theory, who has gone out and formed beauty unparalleled in Photography". Haas is acclaimed as one of the most celebrated and influential Photographers of the 20th Century. Haas has done around 70 solo exhibitions and around the same in group exhibiting both  nationally and internationally. 

In the top Image i think the lighting is coming from the right BUT there's also a light coming from behind her as well

In the bottom Image the lighting is again coming from the right side with both dancers legs being lit from the right side and the wall. 

I think both images were taken with stage lighting rather than flash BUT still interesting in seeing what direction the lighting is coming from and the images. 

Camera Use Week 6: Flash

Week 6 Flash

In Class Exercise 

1. Bounce Flash: Pointing the Flash straight up at the roof, side wall, and behind.

Shutter Speed 0.4   Fstop 7.1   ISO 100

Before and After

I love this image so much. I took this image with the flash pointed up at the roof. I also took this image hand held surprisingly, especially with the clarity of the image with the shutter speed being so slow.  As you can see in this Image the lighting is coming down from the roof especially on the side walls and a bit in the middle of the door frame, showing the lighting is coming from above. I edited this image in Photoshop RAW by. Cropping the Image in the basic panel and then going to the Lens Correct Panel to straighten the image. I then went back to the basics panel and took the Contrast Down to darken the image slightly and took the Clarity down to more detail, and I love the result. 

Shutter Speed 1/13   Fstop 16.0   ISO 100

Before and After

This image was taken with the flash pointed towards the left side wall as you can see more in the none edited version of the image. When I was taking these images I was having issues with the settings on the camera so the original image came out quite under exposed. As you can see this image got quite a bit more of a dramatic edit than the first image. In Photoshop RAW I went to the lens correct panel to straighten the Image, I then went to the basic's panel and took the Clarity, Vibrance and Exposure up for more detail and colour and took the Contrast and Highlights down, I then went to the detail panel and took the Luminance Up as well. 

Shutter Speed 1/13   Fstop 16.0   ISO 100

Before and After

This Image was taken with the flash facing behind me, as you can see with the light in the unedited version being quite dim but still fully around the image excluding the middle half. In Photoshop RAW I went to the Basics Panel and cropped the Image, I then went to the Lens Correct Panel and straightened the image before going back to the basics panel and taking then Exposure Up and Contrast and Highlights Down. 

2. Diffuse Flash using a half moon.

Shutter Speed 1/30   Fstop 16.0   ISO 100

Shutter Speed 1/30   Fstop 16.0   ISO 100

These are my images taken with and without the Half Moon. One thing I noticed while taking these images is that with the half moon you couldn't see the flash in the reflection and without it you could. I also noticed that the images taken without the half moon were darker images compared to the images with the half moon, I'm not entirely sure if that what was meant to happen BUT that's how they turned out on my camera.

3. Under exposed Background

Shutter Speed 1/13   Fstop 16.0   ISO 100

Shutter Speed 1/200   Fstop 16.0   ISO 100

The top image was taken without changing any settings on my camera. The bottom image I made under exposed by taking my shutter speed up to 1/200. I tried to keep "Caryline" properly exposed but had issues doing so. This image was the best image I got. 

4. Flash and Blur.

Shutter Speed 1"   Fstop 8.0   ISO 100

Shutter Speed 1"   Fstop 8.0   ISO 100

I had a lot of issues doing these images in the studio as I had trouble getting the blur effect, most of my images turned out like the top image with just a tiny bit of blur from "Caryline's" Hands and face. The Bottom image was the first and only image I got with full body blur. To get this image I put my shutter speed on 1" and set to Rear sync Flash. 

Self Directed Task

1. Bounce Flash: Pointing the Flash up at the roof, side wall, and behind.

Shutter Speed 1/6   Fstop 11.0   ISO 100

This is my self directed image with the flash pointed up at the roof. I actually really like the lighting in this image. I like how it slowly gets darker the further down the image you go. I took the Contrast and Vibrance up in the image in Photoshop RAW.

Shutter Speed 1/6   Fstop 11.0   ISO 100

I really like this Image. This image was taken with the flash pointed towards the left side wall. You can see in the image that the top and bottom of the image is darker than the middle. I cropped this image in Photoshop RAW.

Shutter Speed 1/6   Fstop 11.0   ISO 100

I took this Image with the Flash pointing behind me. I had to change the angle in which I took the image because there was a window behind me and I didn't want the flash to reflect of the window, so I changed the angle to avoid window reflection. As you can tell in this image it is a lot darker than the other two images because no flash is being use or bouncing of anything near the front of the image. 

2. Do the same Images at Night.

Shutter Speed 1/25   Fstop 11.0   ISO 100

I love my sister's face in this Image lol. I took this image at night with the flash pointed up at the roof. As you can tell from the Lighting getting darker as it goes down. I cropped this Image in Photoshop RAW. 

Shutter Speed 1/25   Fstop 11.0   ISO 100

I took this Image with the flash pointed towards the right side wall and told my sister when I was about to take the image so she didn't get surprised by the flash like she did in the first image LOL.

Shutter Speed 1/25   Fstop 11.0   ISO 100

I took this image with the flash pointed behind me and as you can see the image is a lot darker but still lit up from the flash bouncing of the wall behind me. 

3. Under Exposed Background.

Shutter Speed 1/25   Fstop 11.0   ISO 100

I kinda did this backwards just to see how it'd turn out. I took this from inside the house which was darker than outside. The first image I took the outside was over exposed with the darkness from inside. So I pointed the camera outside and changed the shutter speed, then pointed the camera back at my sister and this is how it turned out, kinda looks like a really bad photoshop LOL. The lighting on my sister stayed pretty much the same as it was. I was going through my camera deleting images I didn't need anymore and accidentally deleted the image I took before this one so no longer have a before and after to show you.