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Lighting from below

from shawn gibson (SeeInsideForever@yahoo.com)
I had a great conversation with someone the other day about lighting models who have lines, jowls, etc.. His advice was to shoot straight on, not high to the right like I usually start off. It made good sense, and such advice could have saved a lot of photos (how many times have I seen a beautiful woman only to discover I didn't get the beautiful woman I saw, but someone 20 years older, on film?).

This has led me to question a lot of the rules I've used for lighting. The strictest rule I've heard is: never shoot with the light below the subject, cuz it looks satanic. But If I have a model lying on a bed or resting in a chair, I sometimes see the light coming from below in my head.

You had to know my first post would be a freak-out over lighting rules, didn't you? Light is the crux of photography, but it's also the place I'm least willing to experiment. Sad.

(posted 8819 days ago)

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