PoisenedLily opened this issue on Jun 14, 2002 ยท 30 posts
quixote posted Sat, 15 June 2002 at 2:21 AM
Cimerone: There are a lot of good lighting tutorials around here. I recommend them. As a rule, in photography (30 years or more),one finds the point of focus. The point that you want your viewer to notice and be transfixed by. Put your lights on that point. And only when you get it to look the way you want then build and balance the lighting around that point. EX: You want her face to be the focal point (I'm crazy about her expression, you know that). Light the face first, get it the way you want it, then add another light at an angle just to key in on the eyes and bring them out. You can then add lighting to the rest of the scene, balancing it so that you keep the effect you wanted on the face. That means that you may have to re-adjust the facial and key lighting everytime you add a new light. With experience it becomes second nature, people won't invite you to their homes anymore 'cause you keep rearanging their lamps and stuff. The last test is the render. What you see sometimes isn't what you get. You may have to adjust the lighting after a test render to get the look you want. Poser should be called Patience! but it's worth it in the end. I hope I get to see your finished product. Ergards, Q
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