STUDIO

PHOTOGRAPHY
HAMIZAH BINTI EMRAN
JONES JOYNER JUGAH
KHAIZATUL AKHMAR BINTI AMAN

WHAT IS STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY?

A studio is an artist's or worker's workroom, or the catchall

term for an artist and their employees who work within that
studio.
A photographic studio is a business owned and represented
by one or more photographers, possibly accompanied by
assistants and pupils, who create and sell their own and
sometimes others' photographs.

STUDIO
EQUIPMENTS

C-STAND
Metal stand that holds items in place
Important to use (instead of having someone hold
the reflector or light) because youre sure want
everything is exactly the same each time you shoot

CUTTER (AKA FLAG)

An opaque device placed in front of a light source
that cuts/reduces the light
Works best when placed close to the subject rather
than close to the light

Net or Scrim

A net or screen-like
material that reduces the
amount of light
Can me metal (hot lights)
or fabric (strobes)
Changes the amount of
light, but not the quality of
it

Grid spot

A honey-combed grid that

fits over a strobe reflector
light to focus the light
into a spot

Barn Doors

Black metal flaps (doors)

that changes the shape of
light source
Used with hot or other
types of focused light
sources

Soft Box

A box with black sides &

soft diffused material on
the end that fits over a
light source (not hot light)
Modifies the light source
into very soft diffused but
directional window light
The larger the box, the
softer the light

Cookie

Device that is placed in

front of hard light source
to break up the light
Can be solid with cut-outs
or celo made of screen

Silk

A device of diffused
material that softens &
reduces the light
Works best when placed
close to the subject rather
than close to the light

REFLECTOR
Any method of reflecting
the light source
Can be a matte foam core
board for difficult light and
a mirror for very hard,
directing light
The metal collar that
surrounds a strobe light is
called a reflector it
reflects & directs the light
from the head

Snoots

Black metal tube that

changes the shape of a
light source

Umbrella

A light modifier that can work

similar to a soft box, but less
directional
Can shoot through the silk of a
white umbrella, or bounce off of
a black exterior with silver/white
interior

TYPES OF LIGHT

TECHNIQUES
Basic Lighting Techniques (1).mp4