Window Light Portraits: Create beautiful images with your phone or camera using a window or doorway
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Using natural window light to
Using natural window light to photograph portraits can be a wonderful thing, whether you are shooting with a phone, compact camera or an SLR.
Your camera’s light meter will usually do a great job of recording the brightness of the image and, because you are recording the available light, what you see is pretty much what you will get.
What are we trying to do here?
We are usually trying to produce a flattering portrait of our subject.
We generally don’t want to use direct sunlight because it is very harsh and will make our subject squint.
Soft light from an indirect light source such as blue sky or a window tends to work best.
Natural light can be amazing when used for portraits, but, like many other skills, it has to be practised and perfected.
It is one of the creative lighting options that we can use to produce great images.
A photograph is simply a record of light reflecting off our subject so, if we understand how to use light properly, we can produce more powerful, emotional, beautiful, story telling images.
Your camera’s light meter will usually do a great job of recording the brightness of the image and, because you are recording the available light, what you see is pretty much what you will get.
What are we trying to do here?
We are usually trying to produce a flattering portrait of our subject.
We generally don’t want to use direct sunlight because it is very harsh and will make our subject squint.
Soft light from an indirect light source such as blue sky or a window tends to work best.
Natural light can be amazing when used for portraits, but, like many other skills, it has to be practised and perfected.
It is one of the creative lighting options that we can use to produce great images.
A photograph is simply a record of light reflecting off our subject so, if we understand how to use light properly, we can produce more powerful, emotional, beautiful, story telling images.
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