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02/28/2003 10:36:44 AM · #1 |
I just thought it would be interesting to know what various people use for fill and special effect lighting! Lighting seems to be the key to professional looking portraits, so I thought it would be great for people to share their tips and tricks!
I have attached a photo that I actually used a standard household lamp. I put a lampshade on the bulb upside down, making it "bathe" her in light. Because it was a standard bulb, the lighting was yellow, which is what I wanted for this shot. (the background was actually bright white)
I love hearing lighting techniques, especially what you use for backfill to avoid shadow.....give us a step-by-step! Since lighting seems to be the hardest thing to master, give us your best lighting tip here!
Angel - household lit |
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02/28/2003 10:49:41 AM · #2 |
Lighting has always been one of my weak points. I use two house lights that have halogen bulbs in them. They're very powerful. Perhaps to powerful, My ceilings are to high to bounce the lights. I'm learning though. Those are nice photos by the way.
Message edited by author 2003-02-28 10:50:02. |
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02/28/2003 11:36:48 AM · #3 |
Tara, is angel #5 lit with one of those blue light bulbs?? The color seems so different from the one lit with the household bulb.
Linda
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02/28/2003 05:37:44 PM · #4 |
Hi Linda! It's funny that you would comment on that picture!! Angel #5 was one of the first digital pictures I ever took. It's kind of funny - I used a blue umbrella as a reflector (huge mistake), and it cast that blue tone on the bottom. I hadn't learned about light yet, so it wasn't intentional, but that's how it came out!
As far as the rest of the photo, she is lit with a standard snake light with a pure white bulb. I don't use either of those things anymore. |
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02/28/2003 05:49:49 PM · #5 |
White balance settings are your biggest friends for controlling the color of your household lights. Try using the outdoor setting indoors or visa versa for some interesting effects.
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03/01/2003 04:31:35 PM · #6 |
lighting is my favorite aspect to photography, so i am constantly playing around with it! i have a nice photoflex lighting kit, but usually find myself playing around with a couple of lamps, my old home depot 500 watt halogen light and some candles! i generally use the *enrich* type bulbs that have more of a bluish tone rather than yellow--i find them more complimentary--along with various colored bulbs. and i almost always set my white balance to tungsten--no matter what (indoor shots) i am shooting--it really brings out the clarity of the object and the lighting, and keeps the yellow hue to a minimum.
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03/02/2003 09:30:20 AM · #7 |
I am still learning to set up indoor lighting. For small set ups, I have used those new Real light bulbs in a standard lamp, and/or a small halogen desk lamp.
For portraits I use a light set up with 2 silver reflectors housing 500 watt bulbs. Recently I added a white reflector umbrella that I hook to one of the stands, and face the light into it .. away from the subject... so that the light will bounce back to the subject. The second one I generally use down low pointed toward the background, but would like to get a diffuser.
Is there a clamp to hook a photoflex diffuser to my light stand rather than using the umbrella kind?
I am thinking that since I use outdoor lighting mostly, and love on-location portraits, that having a collapsable diffuser to be used either with the light set up or outdoors would be the most economic way to go.
Anyway.. the general goal is to use the reflector umbrella and the diffuser, and then also get a narrow light... a snoot?.... that will create nice soft profile lighting. Any suggestions there as well?
Oh.. and since my light don't synch, I have started to use my fill flash that is on-camera, with a tissue taped on to it to diffuse it. Depends on the situation, but it worked great for a still life subject.
Message edited by author 2003-03-02 09:31:24.
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