Portrait photography tip: Start with one light
Saturday 16 October 2021, 22:44 by Elja Trum | 3,988 views | 0 commentsThis article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.
If you have several studio flashes, it's tempting to use all of them straight away when you start taking photos. Instead, try starting a shoot with just one flash. One flash is perfectly capable of creating beautiful portraits.
It's always a good idea to start a shoot simply and gradually build it up with several lights.
The advantage of starting with one light is that you can really see the effect of your main light. Try having your model turn their face towards the light, and then away from it. You can see how much effect the direction of the light has on the mood you create with your photo.
Challenge yourself to get everything you can out of your photos during the first hour using just one light. You'll discover that you can create beautiful photos this way.
About the author
Elja Trum is the founder of Photofacts and online photography course website Photofacts Academy. He has been writing about photography since 2006. Elja is also the author of (Dutch) books on composition, black-and-white photography, flash photography and portrait photography.
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