Several Special Lighting Methods in Portrait Photography

Commercial photography (full photography) has four light distribution methods:

1, direct dial

This is the most common lighting, such as sunlight, and various hard light accessories, such as standard covers, to simulate sunlight, small-scale fill light, and outline depiction. It should be noted that when shooting a specular reflection object, it is necessary to avoid highlights in the picture as much as possible, and how to avoid them is also very simple: incident angle = reflection angle.

2. Multiple soft light transmission

The most common is the soft box. This kind of light is widely used in non-mirror objects, such as portraits, food and so on. The use method is simple, the threshold is low, and the effect is usually good, so that almost all studios will be equipped with multiple soft boxes for use. The shortcomings are also obvious. The flexible frame presents a monotonous big light spot in the specular reflection object, so there is the third illumination below.

3. Single soft light transmission

Using direct light to hit sulfuric acid paper or soft light curtain is the way to realize this kind of light. The characteristic of this kind of light is that it will show a beautiful gradual change on the specular reflection object, so it is widely used in cosmetics, drinks, hardware and so on. The threshold of operation is relatively high, and the quality of technology has a great influence on the final effect. If you ask how big it is, it may be the gap between Porsche and Wuling Hong Guang. ...

Step 4 reflect

Let the light hit the wall, reflector or umbrella. It is used to fill light in a large area and create a large area of gradual reflection. It will be used in most shooting, and it is very easy to use in areas other than car shooting, with low threshold. In the field of automobile shooting, the difficulty will be very high, which does not mean "single soft light transmission".

The above four kinds of light are usually mixed when shooting the same object, and the final effect of different proportions is also very different, which is the standard to measure the technical quality of a commercial photographer.