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 07/30/2012 02:33:14 PM · #1
I did a commercial style shoot a little bit ago for a start-up corporation. I only had natural light at my disposal. Did not even have reflectors, just had to go with what the building and indoor lighting presented. Here are some of the results:





Do you think these came out alright? How do you approach a situation where you have no way to control the lightning whatsoever? My approach was to think about angles and poses where I knew I could control the dynamic range in processing, or utilize angles where high contrast would work for the composition. Would be interested to hear other photographer's techniques for working with indoor natural lighting.
 07/30/2012 02:36:02 PM · #2
Those are great. You've really utilised the light/shadow in interesting ways that i really like.
 07/30/2012 03:07:49 PM · #3
They look fantastic. My only complaint is in shot (33) where the mans face is overpowered by the sunlight. Ideally you could see more of his face. But it is a small complaint at that.

For indoor lighting I do everything I can with the camera to make it as fast a shutter as possible:
- highest ISO your camera can reach without adding noise
- the largest aperture you have
- underexpose the photo by about 1 full stop, then adjust in post-processing

I can't remember if there was anything else I used to do. But doing the above I was able to get 1/60 shutter speed, which is about as slow as I can go without getting camera shake blur. If you have steady hands you can shoot 1/30.
 07/30/2012 03:10:19 PM · #4
Originally posted by jadin:
They look fantastic. My only complaint is in shot (33) where the mans face is overpowered by the sunlight. Ideally you could see more of his face. But it is a small complaint at that.

For indoor lighting I do everything I can with the camera to make it as fast a shutter as possible:
- highest ISO your camera can reach without adding noise
- the largest aperture you have
- underexpose the photo by about 1 full stop, then adjust in post-processing

I can't remember if there was anything else I used to do. But doing the above I was able to get 1/60 shutter speed, which is about as slow as I can go without getting camera shake blur. If you have steady hands you can shoot 1/30.


i did have a tripod, but i didn't really have low shutter speeds because the window light was strong.

Message edited by author 2012-07-30 15:11:59.
 07/30/2012 03:11:10 PM · #5
i agree these are really good, very dynamic images.

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