Posts Tagged ‘Lights ’
A friend of a friend is a fashion designer. I met her at a fashion show at a local university when I took some pictures (from the audience for my friend, not in any official capacity). The other day, I was browsing through my Facebook news feed and I saw…
The Lumiquest Quik Bounce (LQ-122) looks cool, but is it worth it? I picked one of these up earlier this year and I’ve tried it out a few times. At this point, I’m not so convinced that it’s an essential addition to my camera bag. Here’s a quick pair of…
Saturday was a bright, sunny day. Mid-60′s. Not a cloud in the sky, and almost no wind. Perfect weather… Unless you’re trying to take pictures. This kind of harsh sunlight, especially late in the fall when the sun gets low in the sky, highlights an important part of outdoor photography:…
Photo by: Sziga. I found this simple studio portrait in the “Portraits” tag on Flickr. It’s a good execution of a simple two-light scheme. If you click through to the photo page, there’s a description of the lights. But, you should have a decent idea based on the catch-lights in…
One of the key elements of lighting is how hard or soft your light is. Hard light is pointed, directional, and creates harsh shadows – like a spotlight. Soft light seems to come from no where and creates gradual (or no) shadows – like sunlight on a cloudy day. Often…
Photo by: AlanGinsberg. Found this one browsing through the “Canon” tag on Flickr. There was an odd number of car pictures in the tag, don’t know what that was about. But I thought this was a nifty portrait. The ambient is stopped down far enough that the sky is well…
Photo by: Joe Gascoigne. This is a cool portrait. Simple lighting – probably a single light high and camera left and a subtle background light (altho that might also be the key light). There’s probably a reflector or a wall (or maybe another light?) off camera right to fill in…
An important concept to understand in lighting is the ambient light or ambient exposure. The ambient light level is the amount of light that’s normally present in a setting. If you’re inside, the ambient light is probably provided by lamps or sunlight coming in through the window. If you’re outside…
Here’s a quick technique you can use in Lightroom to create a subtle effect that enhances the focus on your subject. What we’ve got here is a decent outdoor portrait on a sunny day. The model, Joel, was lit from camera right, but it can be hard to get just…
Photo by: R3markAble. This is a cool picture, and a good example of Strobist lighting techniques. In fact, he was nice enough to lay it out all out there and explain how he did it. You can click through for the simple explanation. But, there are a few hints to…
