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Get rid of shadows in photography studio? |
I made a photography studio in my bedroom using my white wall, 2 lamps,a good camera and tripod but im finding it hard to get rid of the shadow when i take pictures of people? Which angles should i put the lights so there are no shadows? The trick is to make sure that your shadows are `good' shadows and not `bad' shadows. Bad shadows are shadows that are too sharp or dark. Good shadows have two characteristics; they are soft-edged and they are not completely dark. A good way to get soft-edged shadows is to diffuse light by bouncing it off of a wall. Direct lighting can cause harsh shadows. A good way to make partial shadows that aren't completely dark is to use what's called a `fill' light. Good lighting usually involves three primary lights. The lights themselves can be of the same type. What's important is which direction they are coming from. Key Light: This is the light responsible for most of the illumination. It is also responsible for creating shadows. If you are the subject, the key light is usually located at about your 2 o'clock position. Fill Light: This is the light responsible for `filling' in the shadows created by the key light so they aren't completely dark. Fill lights are usually located at about the subject's 10 o'clock position. Back Light: This is the light responsible for creating some visible `separation' between the subject and the background. It does this by illuminating the edges of the subject. The back light is actually placed behind and to the side of the subject, but out of the view of the camera. It has the effect of highlighting the edges of your subject. These are the basics of what is called "three-point lighting". Every time you see someone being interviewed in a TV studio, some variation of this lighting technique is being used. You don't have to do three-point lighting to get good looking images from your camera but it can really help in problem lighting situations. You don't even need to have a bunch of professional lights to do good lighting. You can make great three-point lighting out of an ordinary floor lamp, a desk lamp and a piece of white poster board. The poster board can be used to bounce light and can replace the need for a separate fill light. Try experimenting while you watch the results on your monitor. " Source(s): http://www.seriousmagic.com/msgboard/vie... Put the lights above your camera so that the shadows will be behind your subject. You can also "bounce" the flash and lights off of the ceiling for less distinct shadows. The shadows you are referring to are probably the ones projected by the subject onto your back wall? You need to throw some light onto that wall to eliminate or reduce those shadows. I portable spot light with color corrected bulbs will do the trick for under $20. |
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