Weekly Assignment #119: Hairlight
Nikolai
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One of the (many) things that differentiates a decent portrait from a snapshot is a hairlight. It you pay a close attention, in almost every movie scene there is always a light from the back highlithing the character profile.
This time around your task is to have a capture of your subject with a hairlight. Your subject can be human, pet or whatever (vase, flower, figurine, etc.).
If you don't have studio lights - not a problem. It can be a worklight, a sun, pretty much anything. If you own a light meter - keep it about 1 stop higher that your fill/main. If you don't - use your gut instinct.
This time around your task is to have a capture of your subject with a hairlight. Your subject can be human, pet or whatever (vase, flower, figurine, etc.).
If you don't have studio lights - not a problem. It can be a worklight, a sun, pretty much anything. If you own a light meter - keep it about 1 stop higher that your fill/main. If you don't - use your gut instinct.
"May the f/stop be with you!"
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Any old sun will do?
This is an assignment I should do. Gimme a little time and I'll have one to submit.
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However, on a larger point, an important thing about the hair light is to limit it to, uhm, hair/dead area only, as opposed to flooding the whole scene and bg with it....