
But this concept can apply to many things – if you want textures to show up, the light needs to go across the subject, not at the subject. I think we can all agree that even the bride would like to remember the details of what her dress looked like. If the light does not go across her dress, then we will not see the “textures” as well as we would like. This is extremely important to remember when photographing a wedding because our brides will have this beautiful dress on with most likely a really nice floral pattern. When working with our clients and the lighting, we will want to position them so that the light goes across them instead of at them. Having them turn away will give them a slimmer profile look in the camera and shave off those 10 extra pounds. Instead of having our client face square to the camera, we need them to do a 2/3 turn away from the camera. #7: 2/3rds TurnĮver wonder why people gain 10 pounds in the camera? It's because we cut out their entire environment around them forcing our client to take up more room in the frame.


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