7 Common Portrait Lighting Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)
If you’re just getting started in studio portrait light, here’s a 12-minute video that may be helpful to you. Photographer Antti Karppinen shares 7 of the most common lighting mistakes done in studio portraits, and he teaches how you can avoid each one.
#1. Your Main Light is Too Low
#2. Your Main Light is Too High
#3. Your Fill Light Has Wrong Placement or Power
#4. Your Separation Light Causes Undesirable ‘Nose Light’
#5. Your Separation Light is Overexposing
#6. Your Separation Light is Creating Flare
#7. Your Background is Overexposed
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