From the course: On-the-Spot Business Headshots
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Turn one light into three
From the course: On-the-Spot Business Headshots
Turn one light into three
- So in our beginner indoor section, we used the same black background. We just, for this section, needed to elevate it and update it a little bit. So we had the window light. So that was our first light source in the upgraded lighting scenario. But then, what do I need to do? I wanted to add a hair light from behind. What that does is it just separates the model from the background a little bit more, and just adds a little bit of a elevated look to your final shot. And then I also wanted to bounce the hair light back through using the reflector and bounce it back as a little bit more fill onto my model's face. One important thing that I really want to highlight here is the position of the reflector. The reason why I think it's important to point out is because a lot of beginner photographers will just direct the reflector to be pointed at the model. But unfortunately it doesn't work that way. The job of the reflector is to take the primary light source and bounce it back on to the…
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