Photography lighting: commonly used photo lighting and lighting technology

Release:2021-05-31 14:13:48    Views:3579
 For photography, the most important thing is light and shadow! If a photographic work has no light and shadow, it has no soul. Therefore, in order to take a good picture, it is necessary to use natural light, led photography lights or other light sources to achieve. So what is the commonly used photo lighting technology?

For photography, the most important thing is light and shadow! If a photographic work has no light and shadow, it has no soul. Therefore, in order to take a good picture, it is necessary to use natural light, led photography lights or other light sources to achieve. So what is the commonly used photo lighting technology? Let's take a look below.

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1. Concentrating light (main light) + soft light lighting technology

This type of lighting is most commonly used in photography studios. The spotlight is a set of mixed light combining the main light and the soft light. The lighting effect of the spotlight is focused and the light is relatively large. The soft light can be used to adjust the two properly. The light ratio and contrast between. It has the function of emphasizing key points, distinguishing primary and secondary, and outstanding performance.

Spotlight also belongs to hard light lighting. The main difference between it and hard light is that the spotlight has strong directivity, small illuminated area and large contrast, which can emphasize the part of the main character. In addition, the soft box of auxiliary light can increase the shooting of dark parts. The details make the level of the picture richer.

2. Light and shadow technology for direct lighting

This technology is suitable for covering dark areas. The use of LED photography fill light helps to highlight the scene. It is best to use high intensity to obtain natural effects and neutral colors. The photographer needs to ensure that the main focus is parallel to the focus of the secondary light, so as to maintain the natural harmony of the image.

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3. Light and shadow technology of indirect lighting

This technique is suitable when you want to adjust the color temperature. In this technology, the fill light is placed as the light source. In this way, the warmth or whiteness of the image can be adjusted. Remember, the photographer needs to make sure that the reflector is placed far away for soft light effects or closer to the subject for more shadows.

4. Front light technology

This technique can better highlight the silhouette of the model because it includes placing the filling focus on the right side of the model, and placing the main focus on the front of the model to enhance the silhouette.

Hope these technologies can help you learn photo lighting, so as to improve your photos to obtain excellent results, please remember that there is no exact technology, it is important to use resources in different ways to obtain high-quality pictures.

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