Natural Light - Written by wizwow on Friday, March 7, 2008 20:23 - 0 Comments

Creating Good Headshot Lighting in ‘Bad Light’

Tags: headshots, natural light, novice, pro-am, reflector

There are times when the light simply sucks. We shot these at noon in May in Phoenix. Not the most perfect light at all. In fact, the harshness of the nearly top down light was brutal. This little soundslide movie will discuss how we did it.

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Creating Good Headshot Lighting in ‘Bad Light’

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