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LE News and Info, Studio Lighting - Wednesday, April 16, 2008 5:26 - 3 Comments
Subtractive Lighting: Creating Drama with Contrast
There are times when you want to create more contrast in an image… mitigate the reflections or make sure that the shadows are as deep as possible. These situations can occur with natural lighting, but in the studio you may have to add a bit more to the shot to insure the contrast is sufficient.
Everything reflects. That is something you will hear me say all the time. Whether at the workshop or working one on one with a photographer, one of the most important things to drive home is that everything reflects. Skin, silver, blue sweaters… they all reflect, but at obviously different qualities. Continue…
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