Saturday, January 5, 2013

How to Light Large Dark Spaces for Character Portrait Photography at Night – PictureCorrect

How to Light Large Dark Spaces for Character Portrait Photography at Night – PictureCorrect: "In this video we go on board the USS Constitution, a magnificent frigate built in 1797 and docked as a museum in Boston Harbor. This is an ideal setting to showcase the video’s tutorial on lighting large, open spaces. This is usually a daunting task for photographers of all levels, as not only the subject needs to be lit, but the entire ambient scene around them. More importantly, it needs to have the believable appearance of light which would really be cast in such a situation – in this case, mimicking small gas lanterns that would be spread all along the deck. This is a much bigger chore than simply imitating a single massive light, such as the sun:"

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