Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Photography major - Basic overview of crocodile skin lamp

Basic overview of crocodile skin lamp

Crocodile light is usually emitted from the middle of two soft boxes erected to shoot models. Generally suitable for shooting gentle and lovely women, because their eyes are special, so they are favored and imitated by many photographers and players.

Crocodile light (high and low light) is a very good studio lighting based on butterfly light. Make the face of the character get soft and uniform illumination, and produce faint shadows on both sides of the cheek, so that the character has a three-dimensional effect. Two points should be paid attention to when shooting with crocodile light: first, add reflectors on both sides of the figure to reduce the light ratio and make the light transition more natural; Second, people should be located near the vertical intersection of two lamp planes.