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Soft light or strong light for model?
After some discussion on another thread about lighting the model, I have some examples that I need help with. My main question is just how strong should the light be? What's ideal? The soft north light or a stronger light making sharper shadows? It seems to me that the stronger light and therefore stronger shadows would be easier to paint, at least for a beginner like me.
This first example is of my son in my 'studio' with my new backdrop painted the greyish green Bill Whitaker suggested. I used a too weak bulb, a flourescent 18 watt to supplement north light on a cloudy day, late in the afternoon. I should have used a reflector to get some light into the shadows. But, this is an example of what I usually get: RED people.
Joan
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