Digital Photographer - UK (2020-06)

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Litfromabove

Placinga diffused

flashdirectlyover

thesubjectmimics

sunlightonan

overcastday

Above

Tighterbeam

Usingthemax

zoomona flashgun

andfiringit through

a makeshiftsnoot,

fashionedfrom

rolledpaper,a

spotlighteffect

isolatesthesubject

Aboveleft

Backlighting

Positioningthe

lightbehindthe

subjectintroduces

attractiverim

lightingand

colourwash

Left

Fauxstudio

lighting

Increasingshutter

speedandmoving

theflashclose

tothesubject

candarkenthe

background

fora textured,

seamlessstyle

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amera flash but are

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eless setups.

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Increasing the distance from the flash to

the subject creates a harder edged light

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