Photography Tips - Understanding Light (Pt 2A) Portraits
This is an exercise you can do to help you understand how light works when you're shooting an outdoor portrait. There's all kinds of different light to be found in all sorts of nooks, crannies and unlikely places. For portraiture (especially female portraiture) you need very soft light. If your sitter has a bit of 'life experience' there may be one or two lines on her face and trust me - ladies hate lines!
Bearing that in mind, understanding light is crucial if you want to avoid getting a slap!
The only way you'll ever find out where to find soft light is to get out there and practise. Watch our videos then go look for some shady corners and give them a go. Don't be afraid to get it wrong either because that's how we learn. If the light looks bad in a photo - ask yourself why - and what might improve it - and go look for some new light and try again.
In part 2b we have a really cool lighting exercise for you to try...
we have loads more free lighting videos on our site http://www.photographycourses.biz/und...