Let's take a look at the differences in quality of light a simple window can offer. Window light looks different when coming from the side, behind or directly at your subject's face. Use of a fill card (reflector or white poster board) can alter the light dramatically and fill in shadows to reveal more detail.
1.) SIDE LIT: Take a photo with side lighting from a window. Take one with and without a fill card. Try having the subject's face pointing toward and then away from the light.
Examples of (what could be) window side-lit portraits:
by Annie Lebovitz |
by Annie Lebovitz |
Try taking a picture with your subject's back to the window. Camera faces window. How does this affect your exposure settings and the light on the face?
3.) FRONT LIT:
Try taking a picture of someone where they are facing the camera and the light is hitting their face directly (window behind the photographer, subject looking out window)
*Note that the window we used did not have direct sun coming through it- the light was diffused so the shadows were softer.
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