I am going to be photographing some newborn babies for some friends, and I usually do outdoor photography, where the lighting is natural. But I need to do these indoor, and I still want the lighting to look good, professional. Any helpful advice?
2006-08-16 05:59:50 · 6 answers · asked by jewel girl 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
Just because you are photographing indoors, doesn't mean the lighting can't be natural. If you can, photograph a lot in a well lit room or near a large window. Use a white bed sheet over the window to diffuse the light creating a soft glow over the baby (plus keep the sun off of them). Look into the costs of purchasing a reflector to bounce some light into the shadows.
Use a white pillow with white padding to help create an even lighting condition, plus it's comfortable for the baby. Feathers are always a great touch for newborns as it tickels them.
If you don't have access to a large window or it's not light out, using a stand-alone indoor light won't work that well because lightbulbs by default put off a yellowish light instead of a true white light. You can buy true-white light bulbs to help with this. Again, you will need to diffuse the light with something between the light and the babies.
There are a tons of books out there that go over studio lighting and describe a myrad of ways to light someone. Visit www.amherstmedia.com and check out their books for beginners and their books on lighting.
2006-08-16 06:21:48 · answer #1 · answered by Ipshwitz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To set up an indoor portrait studio get a backdrop stand, a couple of backdrop muslins, a couple Alien Bee lights and your ready to go. To view some of the work My wife has done with this visit www.lairdstudios.com. Email her through her website if you need anyhelp she loves to talk photography!
2006-08-16 17:50:08 · answer #2 · answered by blaird 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you seen Napoleon Dynamite? Deb has an indoor portrait studio in her basement. Or, do you have a sunroom/florida room where you could get some good lighting?
2006-08-16 13:07:02 · answer #3 · answered by Mimi Kitty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just to add a bit to what someone said a little earlier about purchasing a reflector, those silver dashboard-protectors you can buy to put behind your winshield to block the sun work like a charm, and are very reasonably priced compared to ones marketed specifically for photography. Really, they're just about the same thing.
2006-08-22 09:14:36 · answer #4 · answered by D B 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if you have a well lit room you can still use natural light. you can go to a fabric store and buy big sheets of fabric for backdrops. if you're going to use lights and you don't want to buy a light kit try to use halogens. they cast a nice white light instead of that dingy yellow from tungstens. if you use all natural light try to work mid-day so you don't get cast shadows.
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