Photography Lighting: 34 Amazing Tips for Creating and Lighting a Photography Scene in Your Home Studio
By Steven Scott
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About this ebook
Are you an amateur photographer? Are you a new photographer looking to work from a home studio? Maybe you are a photographer who wants to save money. If so, this ebook is for you. In this ebook, you will learn 34 awesome DIYs to change the lighting for your photographs.
Additionally, you’ll learn about how certain types of lighting works for certain types of photography opportunities.
All of these great tips will help you maximize your home studio lighting and minimize the expense. Because you will put together the lighting on your own, you will learn a lot of different things that you can use to then create your own lighting set ups.
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Photography Lighting - Steven Scott
Introduction
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Maybe you’re an amateur photographer who just enjoys taking photos at home. Maybe you’re a new professional photographer with a home studio. Maybe you’re a seasoned photographer who wants to save money or find new lighting ideas. If so, then you’ve definitely picked up the right ebook.
In this ebook, we will discuss 34 ways that you can create lighting effects for your home studio. Why would anyone want to create their own lighting? Well, if you’re new to photography and haven’t done a lot of research then you probably aren’t aware of just how expensive lighting equipment can be. So, a lot of people want to know how to develop their own lighting solutions to save money. There is another reason why you might want to create your own lighting. That reason is that you just might not be able to find exactly the type of lighting that you want for your home studio. Even if you don’t find something you really want to do in this ebook, you’ll learn some valuable lessons in building your own lighting. You’ll be able to take the skills from this book and use them to implement the lighting plans of your home studio dreams.
We are taking the broad version of the world lighting. You’ll learn about lighting, filters, and flashes that you can put do for your own photography studio. This ebook will show you 34 different lighting techniques that you can put together. These amazing DIY lighting activities will help you big money when compared to purchasing ready made lighting, filters, and flashes. Are you ready to get started?
Lighting Technique 1 – Bokeh Filters
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You can use this awesome filter for amazing effects with of anything that has lights involved. For our example we will use taking a photo of a Christmas tree while the tree is lit up at night. On Amazon, bokeh filters start at $25 per set. You can do it with just a little time and effort. You can also make bokeh filters in shapes that interest you instead of purchasing a set of filters that might have shapes you never use.
To make your own bokeh filters you will need a wide aperture lens, cardstock, scissors or a crafting knife to cut the shape out of the cardstock, and tape. First, you want to cut the cardstock to cover the diameter of your lens. In the middle of the circle of cardstock, you will use the scissors or the crafting knife to cut out the shape you desire. After you’ve cut out the shape from the middle, use the tape and attach the new filter onto the lens. Set your camera to its lowest aperture value. You don’t want the lights to be in focus. If the lights are in focus, it will take away from your photo effect. Then, just snap your