From the course: Learning Lighting: Natural Light
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Working with a combination of diffusion and reflected light
From the course: Learning Lighting: Natural Light
Working with a combination of diffusion and reflected light
Diffusing harsh light falling upon your subject can definitely soften the shadows while keeping the overall image bright. But sometimes you need that extra little kick of light from reflector to brighten things up. (SOUND) This looks great but I'm thinking probably a little reflector might help too, so Heather if you could step in. Thank you. It's great to have some assistance, help out. Woo, that's nice. So now we've kind of knocked down that contrasting light. And one, two and three. Right to camera, very nice. Now give me a little bit of 'tude on this one. So you're looking down, you're looking up real slow. One, two and look up. Using both a diffuser and a reflector simultaneously gives you more options for controlling the light and creating a successful image. In this image I had Lauren hold the diffuser over Josh's head, and Heather stepped in with a silver gold reflector to bounce a little more light into Josh's face. The location of the sun in the sky an the light falling upon…
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