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05/07/2021 11:33:05 AM · #1
"Create a still life photograph that is illuminated by a key light and a fill light."

I do not have any lighting equipment. Is there any way I can participate in this challenge?
05/07/2021 12:04:11 PM · #2
Window and a lamp?
05/07/2021 12:06:31 PM · #3
I plan to use shitty desk lamps! :D
05/07/2021 01:21:27 PM · #4
Both good suggestions... bottom line, any kind of lamp, potentially with some low-buck (or no-buck) modifier(s) will work fine. Example, bounce a work light off a sheet of paper to produce a diffuse source.
05/07/2021 01:29:59 PM · #5
Originally posted by kirbic:

Both good suggestions... bottom line, any kind of lamp, potentially with some low-buck (or no-buck) modifier(s) will work fine. Example, bounce a work light off a sheet of paper to produce a diffuse source.

IMO a reflector also counts as a light source -- there will be light falling on the subject which would not were the reflector not there ...
05/07/2021 01:47:58 PM · #6
The sun, a flash, a worklight, a desklight, a candle, a torch, a car headlight, neon light, a fire, etc etc etc. Anyone of those combined. Or anyone of those with some kind of reflector (styrofoam, metal, mirror, a colored surface etc etc). Endless possibilities. If both need to have an effect, you just need to make sure the strength and/or distance is such that the exposure values of those sources on the subject are not too far apart.
05/07/2021 02:21:07 PM · #7
Thank you all very much for the ideas. Putting my thinking cap on.
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