Monday, February 1, 2010

hard light addon


so, i'm usually trying to kill the ambient light in my pictures. however, i think that's something that i'm going to start moving away from.... move from all flash to a mix of flash and ambient. in this picture, it's almost all ambient, with a kicker flash, hard aimed at my face to wrap some dramatic shadows on me. camera left we have an open window, with grey skies outside throwing in cool light, and camera right we have an incandescent lamp throwing warmth up into the wall and ceiling.

i think it's a pretty good balance.... without the flash, my face is complete shadow. with it, i suddenly have ominous features and definition.

more to come.

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