After learning about concepts including the rule of thirds when shooting, I recording a juggling sequence.
I used 3 light sources in an attempt to recreate studio style lighting. One was a desk lamp used as a key light for the subject.
Another desklamp as a backlight.
And a flood light, shone against a mattress as a fill light – in the hopes of creating a nice soft fill.
Before
After
Using nuke I proceeded to colour correct the footage.
Firstly I applied a grade. Followed by a colour correct with a ramp mask (to mimic the light source)
I adjusted the exposure and hue corrected the footage.
It is then important to “clamp” the footage after all of the adjustments to ensure that its blackest blacks and whitest whites are visible.
