Beginners Digital Photography Tutorials - Module 3
7 TIPS FOR SOFTER LOOKING LIGHT

Unless you are looking for a specific creative effect, soft light is the kind of light that we should be looking for in our photographs. When photographing people soft light is kinder on skin and it makes it less blotchy, especially those with Northern European complexions. Soft light is also less likely to show hard reflections on spectacles and other reflective surfaces such as metal, gloss paint, skin etc. Strong colors look much more natural with soft light, colors are less hard and are closer to what they look like in real life.

The one thing that professional photographers have over the rest of us is knowledge of the effects of different kinds of light. They also know how various types of lighting equipment can cause light to be hard (direct flash, bare bulbs) or soft (through a diffuser, reflected off various surfaces such as ceilings).

The following tips will show you how to get these professional effects using simple techniques, which assume little or no prior knowledge of how your camera works in different lighting situations.

As always, we keep it simple and walk you slowly through the different techniques involved...

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