Steemiteducation : Learning Cheap Photography (Natural Lighting)steemCreated with Sketch.

in #steemiteducation7 years ago (edited)

Using Natural Lighting


I find that many photographers especially those who just started their hobby invest expensive equipment especially lighting equipment. Here I have some easy solution that will give you photography with good adequate lighting. With artificial lighting sometimes you find that you are unable to control the exposure and the photos turned out different from what you want especially if you are an amateur photographer.

Here are some tips which is good for saving money and also for taking good photographs, naturally.


Natural light is FREE (especially food hunters like you do not have budget for expensive equipment)

TeaLatteArt.jpg

AIMG_2422.JPG


Natural light is easier to work with, you have to find the perfect spot and adjust the angle to blend with shadow and highlights, that's all.

interiorpicture.jpg

When I say Natural Lighting, I do not mean just the sunlight. It can be light from existing sources.


If the place is busy and you have crowd, you will find natural lighting so convenient that you do not disturb anyone's activities.

The cafe Interior _exterior (5).JPG

Business partner_Chef.JPG

If you have a backdrop of natural lighting, you create an aura. However do not allow the backdrop's lighting to cast a shadow on the subject. For instance if you choose a location, make sure there is ample lighting to light the face of the subject. Usually the problem with this type of angle is the back lighting ends up too strong that the subject's features are part of the shadow. Here you face a situation of overexposure if you are not experience in controlling the aperture.


One of the problem with trying to adjust lighting is you face the constraint of SPACE

servingcoffee.jpg

Serve your coffee (3).JPG

With proper lighting you can even capture very DETAILED artwork like this Latte Art.


Carrying Lighting Equipment is not suitable if you are a ONE man show

The food (2).JPG

The food (3).JPG


Equipment

Just in case some of you may wonder the type of equipment I use to produce such photos. Here is my setup. A very basic setup which is not costly. I believe that photography and ART must be affordable.

Canon 70d with 50mm 1.8 lens


Disadvantage of Natural Lighting

If you shoot with natural lighting, you will want the same brightness so you may not have the luxury of time. Example if you want to shoot 20 dishes in 2 hours, it is nearly impossible. You have the constrain of time. If you rely on the sun, you are constrained by the weather.

If it starts raining, there will be difference in quality of the photos that you produce. So the weather forecast is equally as important.

The food (6).JPG

The food (7).JPG


Here are the men behind this beautiful shop.

owners2.jpg


Happy Snapping. I am Steven Goh your friendly Steemit photographer.

IMG_9804.jpg

Now let's enjoy the photo with all the delicious food~

Sort:  

Love the work you put it! very handy, thanks for sharing

Thanks for tips!
This will come in handy the next time i go food hunting ☺️

These tips super ngam me. Cheap ma. Hahaha!!

Yeah, 1 man show cannot carry so many equipment. Take photo also susah hahahaha.

This post is super useful!! Thank you very much @stevengoh!!

Awesome tips for us :)

Wehhh takw my photo for my resume boleh tak HAHA

great tips... and absolutely gorgeous photos!


This gem of a post was discovered by the OCD Team!

Reply to this comment if you accept, and are willing to let us promote your gem of a post! By accepting this, you have a chance to receive extra rewards and one of your photos in this article will be used on our compilation post!

You can follow @ocd – learn more about the project and see other Gems! We strive for transparency.


If you would like your posts to be resteemed by @ocd to reach a bigger audience, use the tag #ocd-resteem. You can read about it here.


thank you sir. Yes i would want ocd-resteem to assist me reach greater audiences.

thank you again.