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Fine-Tuning Your Soft Light With Grids - Part One / Young woman portrait

You've no doubt heard it said many times before that one of the most important factors in great portraits has to do with the lighting. The type of lighting you use determines how your subjects are going to be rendered in your photographs.

For the most part, soft light tends to be more flattering for portrait photography than hard light, particularly for women. Soft light, as you might expect, is often created through the use of a soft box. Controlling the spread of your soft light, however, is not always easy -- unless of course you have the right light modifiers.

This lesson examines how to control soft lighting through the use of Grids for beautiful portraits.

(Most images can be clicked for an enlarged view.)

Topics Covered:

  • Setting the Backdrop
  • Camera Settings with the EVOLT E-500
  • One Light and a Backdrop
  • Feathering the Light
  • Adding Grids
  • Reflecting Light into Shadows
  • Creating Light Ratios through Reflective Distances

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