Tips for Using Window Light in Nude Photography
The flash light as key delivers in this situation a crisp and bold light. The window lighting helps supporting my visual signature style: brightness.
I used a strip as modifier for a) softening the light and b) controlling the light distribution more accurate.
- In this setup I use the window light just as a fill in.
- The main light (key light) comes from a studio strobe with a strip soft box, vertical aligned.
- The strip light limits the light distribution well and prevents to much reflection in the window.
- Important is to set a low shutter speed so the ambient light (sun/window) can greatly impose the atmosphere.
- Due to use of flash as your key light the image will not be shaky as the flash itself lit with more than 1/1000 sec. So no worries. But always double check on your display (zoom in).
- Also set the ISO a bit higher, this influences the overall ambient light characteristic too.
- A wide aperture setting allows more opportunity for light to “bounce around” in the lens.
- The background is blown away on this particular photo because it was a very sunny day.
- Photoshop: Model skin & make-up retouched, general brightness/contrast & color adjustments
Combined Photo Lighting – Sun & Flash Light
Tech Sheet
- Key light: Flash with a strip
- Fill in: Sun
- White Balance: 5600K
- Focal length: 85mm
- F-stop: 8
- Shutter: 1/15
- ISO: 200
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hi pls seand me studio light guide
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Hi Om Sai,
thanks for your comment. I will publish a first lighting guide around 25. September 2013. Please check back in my store.
Thanks for your interest.