Refining my lighting April 8, 2009
Posted by Leonard Low in Assignment, Portraiture, Strobist.Tags: advice, discussion, forum, lighting, photo.net
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It was definitely helpful to get some ideas from the pros at Photo.net… I’ve been able to refine what I’ll need to do to capture the images I want for my assignment.
- Charles from Photo.net and our portraiture notes concur that on-axis lighting is the way to go for the portraits to make them look more attractive. So that will be my main light in the setup: a diffuse soft-box from above the camera.
- I’ll need a strong backlight behind my subjects to light up their hair for a “halo” effect.
- I’ll want a gold reflector on hand to warm up the images and fine-tune and shadows that might be cast.
What I think I need most of all is some studio time to have a go… it’s hard to figure out if you’re designing things the right way if you haven’t had a chance to try things out and see what works and what doesn’t!
