From the course: Improving Your Photography and Portraits with Lighting Modifiers
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The technical benefits of lighting modifiers
From the course: Improving Your Photography and Portraits with Lighting Modifiers
The technical benefits of lighting modifiers
- There are many benefits of using light modifiers. We can take a small light source such as the speedlight and make it large. With the right modifier and positioning of the light, we can shape the light to make a heavier person appear slimmer, or the opposite, add a little volume to a slimmer person. We can smooth the skin of an elderly woman to make them look a little younger, or modify the light to intensify a man's muscles. Understanding the purpose of modifiers and what they do will help you transform from thinking technical to becoming creative. Now, I hear a lot of people wanting to get better at portrait photography, so they ask their children to sit in on some of the sessions. Now, if you're a parent, you totally understand that's not going to work, especially if you're trying to learn something new for the first time. So, my suggestion is set up either like a mannequin or even an egg to help you understand what the light is doing. Then when you start to feel more…
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