From the course: Portrait Photography: Ten Styles with One Light
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Find big lights
From the course: Portrait Photography: Ten Styles with One Light
Find big lights
- Now, besides using tools like your reflectors and flashes to make big light, you could also find big light when you're walkin' around town. You'll see things like a big light colored building reflecting the sunlight, especially in the afternoon or in the earlier morning. You'll find a white truck or even just a white car reflects a lot of light into your subject's face and can give you a good portrait light just offhand wherever you are. We can also find things like curtains in a window, and curtains in a window are both good for reflecting light or for shining through a diffuse, sheer curtain will also give you diffuse light shining through it. Keep an eye out as you walk around town and as you're just experiencing life, and you're going to notice a lot of places to find big, soft light.
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