Lighting in Portrait Photography

By the way ... never COMPLETELY eliminate them, it looks fake and will make the portrait

worse.

Because it is the shadows that reveal form, it is the shadows that visually create wrinkles.

The darker the shadow, the deeper the wrinkle - and vice versa. So, to aesthetically eliminate

or tone down wrinkles, all we have to do is lighten the shadows that aesthetically produced

them. Obviously the way to do that is by shining a light into the wrinkles.

To do that means we have to have the light coming from straight in front of the subject matter

- at the camera angle.

A ring flash (a ring light is an on camera flash, but completely circles the lens) can easily

work.

In fact, we most often see ring lights used in modeling shots where they need an absolutely

flawless skin.

This is the ideal light for eliminating any sort of blemish or wrinkle, however it is a very flat

light and really isn't really that really good for portrait photography. It leaves an odd looking,

unattractive catch light in the eyes too!

Somewhat much better is the on camera flash that is generally affixed to the top of the

camera. We still have a flat light - and with both ring and regular on camera flashes we have

problems with red eye.

So, we take the light off the camera and - remaining at the camera's position, we raise it up.

It's above our head and we will really be shooting from under the light.

This produces the "Butterfly Lighting" pattern since it casts a little butterfly shaped shadow

under the nose. It could be little and virtually undetectable, or slightly bigger - relying on just

how high you position the light. It is enough to add some depth and life to the picture.

The butterfly lighting pattern fills in and lightens a ton of the shadows in the wrinkles - but not

so much that it looks fake - and it will certainly create a shadowed area under the chin too!

This visually does away with that turkey neck waddle we old people get!

True, this can be done in Photoshop - if you prefer to spend hour after hour retouching. Or

you could spend 5 minutes setting up a butterfly lighting pattern. Your option!

Grab your beloved design and a flashlight ... get out there today and experiment with this

image suggestion. Discover the best ways to produce a butterfly lighting pattern in your

portraiture photography and your wrinkly older topics (and pimples ridden more youthful

designs) will certainly thank you!

Without a doubt, lighting is one of the key elements to look at in portrait photography,

whether it be artificial light or natural light. Both of these kinds of lighting pose advantages

and disadvantages in different situations.

Natural light gives the photographer the noticeable benefit of varying the places of their

portraiture session as it could be held outdoors without the size limitations of a studio area.

This plays well for family members sessions, especially those with kids, as they can interact

easily in front of the camera, both with each other and their surroundings. The session can

move effortlessly from location to area as the photographer sees fit without the constraints of

lighting equipment.

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