How to shoot the "prime time" lighting effect in the studio?

Due to the limitation of time and environment, shooting in natural light will be limited in operation. Therefore, using studio lighting is a convenient and satisfactory solution. Natural light range is a common method in photography, because soft light gives people different mood colors.

During prime time, the sun is tilted at a certain angle, so it will produce interesting light and shadow. So, how to simulate the lighting in the studio and make it look like "prime time" lighting? Let's look at five ways to shoot "prime time" lights in the studio.

1. Select the color-changing studio light.

Today's high-quality studio lighting technology makes the work in the studio easier, obtains more beautiful effects, and can reproduce naturally occurring colors. At the same time, it also provides accurate color, and the color and skin color of the object will not be distorted. In order to take photos simulating natural light, we must choose a light that can change the color temperature.

In prime time, under orange light, you can choose a filter to soften the light, or choose a lamp with a built-in soft light filter, which will be easier to achieve.

2. Choosing a large aperture lens helps to blur the background and get a beautiful and natural appearance.

Background blur can increase the softness of synthetic lighting or used studio lighting. Choosing a large aperture lens will help to blur the background in the photo. The light looks soft to make the picture look more beautiful and natural, or you can choose to add a soft halo to the image with a filter.

3. Adjust the white balance of the image to get the golden hour light.

Adjust the white balance to make the photo look like prime-time orange; Some cameras can choose the color temperature to get the desired color. Or in some models, it must be selected according to the light characteristics, such as

Sunlight, incandescent lamp, cloudy lamp, indoor lamp.

4. Observe through the gap between doors and windows by using the light-transmitting channel pattern.

In addition to the colors obtained by adjusting the colors of the studio lights. Creating a story or atmosphere can also help the communication of photos. Just like the lighting in prime time, the beams appearing in windows, gaps, angles and angles must be tilted to create light and shadows to match the time of natural light.

5. Shoot with RAW file to enhance the softness and details of the image in the process, which is convenient for post-production.

Adjust the lighting of photos and pictures. You can use Photoshop or Lightroom to edit colors or change the details of images, or add them to images. By shooting. RAW file, you can edit photos more easily and efficiently to change details.