When it comes to portrait photography, soft light is often the method of choice, as it provides beautiful renderings suitable for a wide range of styles and subjects. If you are new to working with artificial light and want to learn more, check out this helpful video tutorial that will show you how to create elegant soft light for portrait work.
Coming to you from John Gress, this great video tutorial will show you how to create very soft and flattering light in the studio for portraiture. The reason soft light is considered flattering is that it doesn’t reveal smooth textures and contrasts as much as hard light, which means skin imperfections aren’t as prominent and shadows have smoother, gradual transitions. than. Soft light comes from sources that are large relative to the subject. This is why the sun, for example, produces very hard light, which despite its sheer size, as it is 93 million miles away, makes its relative size rather small. This means that besides the absolute size of a modifier, you should also consider how you position it near the object to control how soft it is. Watch the video above for the full rundown from Gress.
