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Transformations with Portrait Lighting / Young woman portrait

In the world of fashion and high-end portrait photography, lighting is the key to professional-looking images.

Having the ability to control the light that falls on your subject allows you many different ways of expressing an idea photographically.

It can also greatly transform the way your subject comes across in a photograph.

In this lesson, I will illustrate differences between hard and soft lighting, positioning of light sources and the importance of developing the shot.

To demonstrate, we arranged a portrait shoot in the Web Photo School studio with a local model and a hair and makeup stylist.

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

Topics Covered:

  • Soft light and fashion shots
  • Using reflectors to control contrast
  • Using a stylist to get the most from the shoot

Equipment Used:

Camera/Media

  • Olympus E-10 (4.0 megapixel)
  • Olympus C-3030Z (for set-up shots)
  • 2 - Olympus 64MB SmartMedia cards
  • Manfrotto 3036 with a 3039 head

Lighting Equipment


  
 

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