From the course: On-the-Spot Business Headshots
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Background choices and lighting assessments
From the course: On-the-Spot Business Headshots
Background choices and lighting assessments
- So the first thing I do whenever I am looking for a place to shoot a headshot is do a little bit of an assessment of the lighting. So is it sunny? Is it cloudy? You know, is it windy? 'Cause then you're going to have both, right? You're going to have cloudy sections and then you're going to have sunny section. Most of all, I want to just drive home the point that direct sun and headshots rarely play well together. You've got areas where it's really, really bright and then you have very sharp shadows usually under the eyes, under the nose, under the chin. And it's just really unflattering lighting. So what I'm looking for first is an area of shade that I can put my model in. So for this example, we are seating her under a tree. The next thing that we have to worry about is what is the background look like? What I'm usually looking for is going to be a somewhat detailed background, but it's not too detailed. And usually I like something that's in a little bit of shade as well, the…
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