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November ist, 1933
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Taken with one sourer. of light only and no reflector. Shadows very hard.
IF a good subject represents half the battle in portraiture, then suitable lighting certainly dis¬ poses of the other half. It would be interesting to know of the many arrange¬ ments adopted by amateurs for the purpose — not to mention the numer¬ ous portraits taken in a haphazard manner, with no consideration given to lighting at all.
Electric lighting, in effect, is portable sunlight, and is ideal for home portraiture ; to arrange con¬ venient and ample light-sources is simple and well worth while. Even for the occasional worker, they represent permanent stock-in-trade.
Years ago, I made a rather primitive, but quite effective “ lamp,” by fitting four lamp¬ holders in the bottom of a 7-lb. biscuit-tin ; these holders, of course, were wired in parallel. I am still using the arrangement, as it appears in the illustration. It usually con¬ tains four 100-watt lamps, of the gas-filled kind, the rather hard
The main source of light, with four 100watt lamps.
Shadcw side lightened with second light.
may improve matters still further, but I prefer a fair amount of addi¬ tional illumination, of a general kind, not necessarily directed toward the subject, but often toward ceiling or walls. This involves the use of an¬ other arrangement, to give a flatter lighting — accomplished, in my case, by fitting two lamp-holders in one side of a “ baking-tin.” This, also, is illustrated.
Should a secondary light-source be employed, it is wise to see that its placing does not introduce ad¬ ditional catch-lights in the eyes of the subject. Spot-lights, too, have their uses, and may be made with the aid of large “ cocoa ” tins, containing a single lamp. A good method of controlling the width of the beam is to use a cardboard
By NORMAN T. WILLIAMS:
glare being diffused by means of white tissue-paper. The illustration shows how a stand was fitted to permit the light to be directed at various angles.
With some such arrangement as the main source of lighting, all shadow-lighting may be accomplished by means of reflection. If the light is kept well away from the subject, the proportion of light reflected from surrounding objects increases with the area illuminated, and tends to produce softly-lighted shadows, without hard edges.
The usual reflectors of newspaper, or white sheet, etc.,
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