Friday, December 23, 2011

Photography Lighting

By Dora Kate


Wedding photography captures the images of a special occasion that will provide pictures of a wonderful event for many years after the festivities are complete.Not just losing the subjects in shadows, but also finding details of your pictures lost to darkness because the photography lighting set-up was not compensated for by the equipment being used.

The clothes are carefully chosen so that all the members of the wedding party look their best. The guests choose their attire to look great for a special occasion. A photograph shot with harsh lighting can appear to be cold and hard; as opposed to a picture with softened light can appear to be warm and soft. Many photographers use photography lighting to achieve dramatic effects in their work.

The smiles, sometimes tears, provide great images and those in charge of the wedding photography will want to capture these moments in pictures. For example, your small children and playing the room and you try to take their picture and a large window is behind them on a bright day. The camera reads the sunlight and determines no flash is needed and your printed picture comes out like a silhouette. Using photography lighting the backlight can be overcome so that the shadows do not overrule the faces.

With the creative use of photography lighting, backgrounds can be further illuminated and brightened or darkened close to the point of blackened out entirely. Depending on the affect the photographer is trying to obtain. Most family pictures, however simply want to see details and with today's use of digital cameras, the look of the print can be previewed to see what, if any changes need to be made in the photography lighting instead of having to wait until the prints are done.

Portrait photography takes a different thought process when it comes to photography lighting with most photographers using backlighting and fill lighting to erase the potential for shadows not only on the background, but on the subject's face as well. Lighting striking the front of the subject at a typical 45-degree angle, from both sides, will usually balance the facial lighting needed for a quality portrait.




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