Home portrait shooting skills

Maybe you think that if you want to take photos of the lighting effect of a professional studio at home, you must buy a set of professional and expensive home photography lights. But in fact, as long as you have an ordinary flash, with a soft box, wireless flash and appropriate manual settings, you can achieve the same effect.

"People are always superstitious about professional studio flash." Brett Harkness, a portrait photographer, said, "In fact, if you take a big picture, all you need is an ordinary flash and a soft box."

You can buy various folding soft boxes of different sizes on Taobao, which are suitable for most common flashlights. They are very small to fold, easy to carry, and the assembly speed is quite fast, so they are very suitable for taking family photos.

Shooting skill

When using the soft light box, it is best to switch the flash to manual mode and adjust the exposure output according to the aperture parameters used.

Even if there is no wireless flasher, the flash can be installed on the hot boots, and the effect can still be greatly improved after adding a soft box. This is true whether shooting the subject or reflecting light from the wall or ceiling.