I had Sarah and Elliot Henri standing on my workspace looking so beautiful together that I wanted to take some portrait shots of them together with our Christmas tree in the background. Since the tree is partially in front of a window, the photos needed to be taken at night so the tree wouldn't just be a silhouette against a washed out white background. But night shots provide their own special lighting challenge.
So, that evening I cleared off the end of my work table and moved it further into the room, posed the dolls, lit the candles, and tried taking a few photos with just the ambient room lighting...
So, that evening I cleared off the end of my work table and moved it further into the room, posed the dolls, lit the candles, and tried taking a few photos with just the ambient room lighting...
But I didn't like how the wall light to their left turned everything yellow and washed out their faces. So I hauled over a photography light (standing off screen to the right) which casts a white light
..and reshot the photos with the much better, more natural lighting....
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