Photography Tips : How to Set Up Portrait Studio Lighting

Portrait studio lighting starts with a basic set up that can then be enhanced to fit specific needs. Find out how to use a main light, a fill light, a hair light and a bounce card with help from a freelance photographer in this free video on photography tips.

Expert: Rebecca Guenther
Contact: www.m5a1photography.com/
Bio: Rebecca Guenther is a freelance photographer living in Austin, Texas.
Filmmaker: Todd Green

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• photography tips
• photos
• cameras
• photographers
• portraits
• exposures
• flash
• studio lighting
• digital cameras
• fashion photos

[photoman022]

Rebecca's problem is that she TELLS and doesn't SHOW. Telling and showing is so much more effective when using a visual medium.

[tweetyrocks818]

thanks really confusing but ok then :-)

[natstgeorge]

im lost

[roballendesign]

Thanks Rebecca, some good tips.

[MikhailStepanskiy]

@mayassa58 ew

[Drmikekuna]

Nice brief explanation. However being subjected to a commercial that is as long as the tutorial is beyond annoying. More often than not I'll avoid ehow videos based on this fact.

[sxclatina4lif]

not confusing at all.. if you know anything about photography and lighting you would know there are normally around 4-5 lights at a set - the key light( main light), fill light, accent /Rim lights(hair lights). and background lights these all contribute to an even balanced light set up

[mayassa58]

She is hot!

[comlax22]

This video SUCKS---it's confusing & difficult to follow...plus Rebecca talks like she's on sedatives. WTF

[GATFOCT]

What is the power setting a hair light should be set at? (compared to the main light, that is), I know the fill should be half of whatever the main, but I get different answers to the hair light--and non using any kind of logical reasoning.

[amazingRec]

@AdrienChaos I love ehow...

[AdrienChaos]

I like how no one loves ehow.