Low angle of the sun:

When the sun falls in the sky, you can use the side-lighting (lighting splint), so that the shape of the subject to perform well this time, he/she is almost in the shadow of his face, and faces another half of the light is high, so the side to make the model look at the entire face to face in the light, lest the eye socket at the laugh lines and deep shadows produced if the group photo shoot, also need to be careful to arrange the subject's position, in order to avoid a according to individual's head down a block of light.

Had to have come from the shadow of the side according to the adequacy of auxiliary light, the shadow area will not become a dead black, if the use of flash fill light, then let the flash output amount of light and sunlight exposure is equal to or lower than about a block sunlight ; If you use the mirror, the angle should be carefully adjusted to ensure that sunlight can be reflected back to face the shadow side.

In direct sunlight portrait composition, the same important background checks due to apparent brightness is much higher than in the shade, recommend the use of 1/125s or faster than normal shutter speed and aperture as small under the f/11. Small Aperture can make the background more clearly in the background and vision will be separated from those taken by the background image preview depth of field effects can be observed if the faster shutter speed, lens aperture, you need a little more open in order to make full virtual background image technology. shutter speed may cause flash ineffective, so there must be reflective plate at hand for use.

MartinSchembri of this image was taken in the depths of winter season, natural lighting during the day about 5 minutes remaining, when completed filming in a city plaza, surrounded by a lot of stained glass curtain wall. The rise of the bride are scheduled to face one side of the glass wall ,In order to achieve the purpose of fill light to illuminate the shadow; a reflector to reflect some light under the eyes; the main light is actually in the position behind the groom, his left shoulder through over exposure. Martin managed to maintain an auxiliary light ratio: 1 images as digital photography, Nikon D100 camera with 80-200mm zoom lens.

Sunset:

Like many classic works of the great photographers, as the day is the best time just after sunset pictures this time, the sky like a huge softbox, lighting effects both balanced and gentle, will not form a sharp shadow .

This super light work using two questions: First, the light is dim and you need the speed to fast ISO sensitivity combined with relatively slow shutter speed, if the shooting scene with children, then there is a problem: you have to to deal with a greater weakening of the light aperture, shutter speed and depth of field will be limited.

The second problem is that in the morning twilight portrait does not look to shoot the light, he incurs the eyes of white flares taken so many photographers use flash to enhance the effect of morning twilight, the use of flash bulbs or soft box, to add luster eyes. flash intensity can be more than two steps lower than the sun, this can give a good light to form eyes light up eyes.

Reflector

When you are looking for a natural lighting on location, you are bound by the natural conditions of control, sometimes to find what you want the right type of light is very difficult, so carry a portable reflector is a good idea to mirror the size of the should be quite large, bigger and more effective. like PortableLiteDiscs, is folding the pieces of cloth in a flexible frame made of round or rectangular reflectors, the diameter of different sizes, additional lighting is very effective source of many manufacturers to produce and sales of this product, there are silver (the largest auxiliary light output), white, gold (warm auxiliary light).And black (extinction effect).

This is handled another way overhead light using a light shading film material to prevent head or block light shine directly on the subject who, after leaving soften the light incident from the side, creating the ideal lighting and light than the model. CharlesMaring here to give the couple a black umbrella as props, and thus achieve the purpose of transforming the light head Note the high light on the black umbrella, you will find that although the light has been scattered, but still almost direct overhead.

Placement:

If the scattered light to form the shadow of the deep and clear, or if you want to be photographed in the eyes look a little more light, you can use a large reflector (or several reflectors.) Looking for an assistant to help (or belt clip with a number of bracket), you can very accurately set reflectors, and to ensure its position outside the screen.

You may need to Tiaozheng reflectors, to get the right to add light, remember the location of Guancha from the camera lighting effects. On reflection from the subject who Xiafang incoming light to be careful: Di Yu Eye - Nose incident light horizontal lines very please. Try to focus reflectors (here really need an assistant) to do only need to fill light to the shadow fill light.

Here are two windows of light scattering - the window glass and the bride's veil, resulting in beautiful soft light and a sense of direction. Photographer CharlesMaring bride face to the light, he moved to the shady side of the bride's face capture the interaction of high light and soft shadows light and shadow effects.

The type of metal foil reflector near the subject to use, sometimes restrain the surrounding light, creating a pleasant and admirable light distribution pattern.

Natural reflectors:

In many cases can be found in the natural environment natural fill light: small pieces of gravel soil, light-colored bushes, or nearby buildings, you may need to provide auxiliary lighting, but be careful, reflected from the ground up to subject's auxiliary light can not light off the main light; from the eye - nose below the horizon light up the light is very annoying, so often referred to as "ghouls of light" (for obvious reasons, eye lotion thief light).

FuzzyDuenkel: multi-reflector

FuzzyDuenkel using homemade reflectors, which he called "Fuzzy reflectors." It is a 4 × 4 feet in size two hard-sided reflectors in the middle hinge together to stand up to make the parts due to a total of four surface, so it can form four different brightness levels of light reflectivity. polyester film provides a powerful reflective surface, in bright sunlight will reflect light exactly as the main light, or be photographed from behind a shot over the contours of light; spraying the surface of silver can provide effective within a short distance, and color balance of the fill light; white surface provides softer auxiliary light, the black surface of the matting effect can be achieved because of reflectors can be placed into the L shape their own standing, it not only as a shading film can use as a reflector using reflector Another method is to put in under the subject's chin, the light reflected to the face. If you use a tripod, a reflective plate surface can be locked on a tripod or leaning, or by an assistant holding a precise point to the secondary light.


FuzzyDuenkel are experts in lighting control, he can sunlight into soft elegant, like the light studio lighting here he uses a separate foil reflectors (described below) will reflect light back to the subject people, and She left in the formation of the main light.You can see her eyes light reflective plate shape.

Extinction

Excessive scattering of light: In some cases, light is scattered a large extent, has been unable to create facial features, another argument is that no three-dimensional light and the direction in which case, you can place near the subject's put a black matte card (also called shading film or a light barrier), block (or absorption) of light, it shine on those key areas, the effect is to be photographed by one side face extinction, artificially created more effective than a light. relative to the flat light scattering, the use of this method to change the illumination light can be better demonstration of the subject of three-dimensional and contour lines.

When you have two the same intensity of light and each one strong enough as a main light, the black matte board (or a light barrier) will come in handy; in the use of direct sunlight but also to use polyester film reflector case, the black matte board (or a light barrier) is also quite useful. black matting board near the subject's side to weaken the intensity of light, creating a need to light than film.

Top light: If you find a good location to shoot portraits, but the light source is located in the subject's "head" (dark eye socket and will produce the nose, chin beneath the shadow of hate), you can use to block block-rays The light from the head: top-light irradiation direction was changed from a light barrier on both sides pouring down, and will not be photographed directly on the body, changed the direction of the top light will reflect from both sides of the body to become subject to the main light. Langyan This is like looking for a head or forest clearings blocking direct light of the circumstances, but with the head gear ray has two disadvantages. First, you need one (or more) assistant head being photographed holding shading film; second,Reduced the overall light level, which means you have to use the slower than expected shutter speed or larger aperture lenses.

You may think that this piece of exquisite desserts in the studio where shooting is MercuryMegaloudis, then you are wrong. Mercury shooting outdoors under a tree in this scene, the use of the sun through the branches of his fruit at the edge of the plate and placed a large translucent bottle, filter and soften the transmission, but after the light; in the shadow of the side (ie cameras on the right), he used a small mirror to the high light reflection surface of the fruit, he is still relying on the shadow side of the table edge to place a large silver reflector to illuminate the shadows, so that the overall light on the subject than the lower.


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