12. Portrait Lighting
NIKON D750 ISO 200 1/125 SEC. F/8
A portrait can be a painting, photograph, or drawing of a person, usually showing the face or the head and shoulders. This chapter deals with lighting for photographing portraits of people. Some of the lighting approaches predate photography and are taken from portraits painted by the Old Masters. Rembrandt lighting is still popular today, for example, because it creates a portrait where the subject looks naturally lit. No matter what your needs, you’ll find something in this chapter to help: classic lighting strategies, hard versus soft light comparisons, advice for using one and multiple ...
Get Mastering Nikon Speedlights: A Complete Guide to Small Flash Photography and the Creative Lighting System now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
