It’s all too easy to get carried away with lighting, especially on location when, quite often, a simple solution is more effective.
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\nFor a lot of situations your lighting will have more effective if it’s complementing the natural light around you. Aside from being easier (the sun is a pretty big light source to use!) it means you end up paying more attention to the basics of composition. If you’re overpowering all the ambient light backgrounds can take a back seat as they fade into darkness.<\/p>\n
Despite all the talk about lighting this wasn’t ‘lit’ in a normal sense. The witch, who goes by the name of Neil (which is probably a black magic psuedonym for Bat Boiler), was busy touching up his makeup with a small round mirror. It acted as a reflector, flicking a nice bit of directional light into his face (you can see the catch light on the lower part of his eyes). <\/p>\n
So the moral of story… Ditch all your expensive lights and modifiers and buy a make up mirror.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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