Product Photography Magic by Garry Edwards

Author:Garry Edwards [Edwards, Garry]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: All For Horses
Published: 2019-03-10T16:00:00+00:00

Use just one light

“Natural” lighting is light that looks natural. Typically, if you take a shot outdoors using the sun as the light source, the sun will be fairly high in the sky so the light will come from more or less above and the shadows will angle downwards. Indoors, much the same applies, because typical room lighting is positioned high. Therefore, if you want your flash shots to look natural, place the light high in relation to your subject.

There can be practical limitations to this if your ceiling is low, and the easy way to get around this is to avoid shots of people standing, because you may not always be able to get the light high enough. Always remember that, regardless of how many lights you use, just one light does nearly all the work (usually between 80 – 90%) and that any other lights that you use are just making relatively small changes.

The light that does nearly all the work is called the Key Light, and this is the one that is normally set high up, to create the natural look, and it is typically placed directly in front of where your subject is facing. This means that if your subject is facing your camera, the starting point for the key light is likely to be directly above your camera, and if the person is at an angle to the camera then the light will typically be in front of where their head is pointing.

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