Dressing for Halloween: Bounce flash off umbrella, gold reflector...

HOT Texas Loc: From the Heart of Texas

Bounce flash off umbrella, gold reflector

Photoman74 Loc: Conroe Tx

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jrb1213 Loc: McDonough GEorgia

Question for all, not a criticism.
I do not have reflectors, so I am trying to learn from other's photos.
Would the image show more depth if it was not so evenly illuminated? I like the softness but I like more depth as well.

Photoman74 Loc: Conroe Tx

69 cents at Dollar Store buys white craft paper = reflector. Yellow gives warm reflection. Mirrors = also And Yes to ?

CaptainC Loc: Colorado, south of Denver

jrb1213 wrote:

Question for all, not a criticism.
I do not have reflectors, so I am trying to learn from other's photos.
Would the image show more depth if it was not so evenly illuminated? I like the softness but I like more depth as well.

Yes, flat lighting kills depth. Sometimes that is what you want but usually, getting the light source off to one side a higher than the subject is what we want. It is the shadows that define the face.

This image has the light just barely high enough to give us some shadows under her nose and cheeks, so it is not all THAT flat.

raymondh Loc: Walker, MI

Sweet! :thumbup:

jrb1213 Loc: McDonough GEorgia

CaptainC wrote:

Yes, flat lighting kills depth. Sometimes that is what you want but usually, getting the light source off to one side a higher than the subject is what we want. It is the shadows that define the face.

This image has the light just barely high enough to give us some shadows under her nose and cheeks, so it is not all THAT flat.

Thanks, i just recently heard about that kind of lighting. I will try it when I see my daughter and granddaughter

phlash46 Loc: Westchester County, New York

HOT Texas wrote:

Bounce flash off umbrella, gold reflector

Adorable...nice shot...