if you dont use a flash is there a way to remove shadows in the pictures?

Question

explain how

Answer 1

You can bounce light into your picture without using a flash. Use a piece of white cardboard aimed at a light source, and those shadows will decrease. But you need to leave some shadows in for depth, or you will totally flatten the contrast in your picture and make it boring.

Any time you can fix a problem within the picture, your results will be much better and more natural looking than using Photoshop. Editing does have it's place, though. If you can't control the lighting while taking the picture, then use the contrast adjustments in Photoshop for shadows.

Answer 2

I don't know about other programs or even other versions of Photoshop, but in Photoshop Elements 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0, do the following:

Filter > Render > Lighting Effects > Style

Choose Style: "Soft Omni" to start with. You might like "Soft Spot" or "Floodlight" better, so experiment.

Choose Light type: "Directional" or "Omni."

All I can say is to play with it from there. You can move the light source and orientation around with the line in the little thumbnail. You may be able to eliminate shadows on your subject this way.

Answer 3

when taking the image try using a reflector u can use a large peice of white cardboard (16x20) and bounce the natural light (sun) into the subjects shadow area.
In photoshop u can use various types of ways to correct that but dont depend on photoshop try to correct lighting issues before importing into photoshop. Good luck

Answer 4

Bounce flash at either 30 ,45 or 60 degrees of the angle,depending of your distance that you stand .Secondly,in Adobe Photoshop you be able to used Blur tool,History Brush tool and Air brush tool would soften the shadows

Answer 5

Additional lighing. You could use one of those spot lamp stands sold at home depot. Or get a few of those cheap reflector lamps.

OR

Whatever your light source is that is casting the shadow, just move the persons til you get the best angle to lose the shadow.

Answer 6

I recommand you to use Google Picasa to manage and edit your pictures.

Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa, it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual albums organized by date with folder names you will recognize. You can drag and drop to arrange your albums and make labels to create new groups. Picasa makes sure your pictures are always organized.

Picasa also makes advanced editing simple by putting one-click fixes and powerful effects at your fingertips. And Picasa makes it a snap to share your pictures ¨C you can email, print photos at home, make gift CDs, instantly share via Hello™, and even post pictures on your own blog.

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Good Luck, Best Wishes!!!

Answer 7

yes you can. from adobe photoshop.
it depends what kind of shadow it is and how you want it to luk.