Studio lighting - Textures

When photographing in the studio, the type of light source used is dependent on the subject and how you want to illuminate it.


The honeycomb is a grid that is attached onto the studio light. The light shines through the grid and creates a tight beam of light. The aim is to create a focused beam, with little diffusion. 

The honeycomb grid used to illuminate the objects photographed.










Photographing Flowers


Flowers are mainly made up of water, so when you light them from the front the light is reflected off the water. 

On my first attempt at photographing flowers, only a honey comb light was used to light the subject. I set the camera to 1/160, f8, ISO 100. I could tell when photographing the flowers the images were too dark. Using a silver and gold glitter reflector to reflect the light onto the flowers made no difference because the light was not strong enough. I have not edited these photographs so I can show exactly what has come out of the camera.

Using a honeycomb light illuminating the rose from the back.

Using a piece of gold glitter paper to illuminate this Blue Lilly doesn't enhance the flower in any way as the honey comb light is not strong enough.
















I was not happy with the images so decided to re shoot using a honey comb along with snoot.

Images are much brighter. Detail in the flowers can be seen clearly.