18. USE WINDOW LIGHT
I IMAGINE SOME of your favorite natural light portraits are made with window light. Portrait photographers just can’t get enough of it! Window light is a form of directionally diffused light that not only allows a photographer to use great light while working indoors, but it also refers to directionally diffused light found in external environments. Call it a poor man’s studio lighting, but goodness is it nice (Figure 18.1).
Window light creates beautiful directionally diffused light only if the light coming in through the window is indirect. This means the sun cannot actually be shining through the window onto your subject. ...
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