What I found though was surprising, yet comforting: photographers actually struggle with lighting just as much as we do. Maybe a book of foolproof rules that work for every portrait… I hoped that there would be some secret style-sheet. And even paid to visit a photography studio to ask the photographer questions: Attended a night-time photography course. So I delved into photography, hoping to find an answer to my burning question: How do photographers create interesting lighting? The only thing that matters to them are the feelings and emotions that it evokes. Unlike us, photographers don’t get brownie points for realism. Since I’d already exhausted most of the 3d lighting books and tutorials, I decided to turn to the people who rely on lighting even more than 3d artists do: Photographers. This experience made me wonder what I was missing… It was then that I realized… 3d lighting books are focused on teaching fundamentally “correct” lighting, but never the styles that create mood or emotions. But it rarely makes for an interesting image! Just boring and sterile.Īll 3d lighting books and tutorials recommend 3-point lighting. Something that’d find it’s way to the front page of ArtStation or BlenderArtist.īut this was just… bland. An image that would make viewers stop in their tracks. …yuck! While it certainly shows the model, there’s zero sex appeal. So like most artists, I started with what I already knew 3-point lighting… And then it was time to do the final render! I spent weeks modelling the details, and creating realistic textures and shaders. I made this scifi drone as a fun side project… Lighting also heavily impacts the emotions of the image, making it feel peaceful, interesting, scary or trendy, all with just the lighting:ĭemonstrating the effects of different lighting styles. There’s nothing sadder than seeing a great 3d model, ruined by poor lighting.Īll your hard work will be wasted if the lighting isn’t right. “I can’t tell you how many demo reels I’ve reviewed where the artist’s models are beautiful, but the lighting is flat, unrealistic, and uninteresting-essentially an afterthought.” –Jeremy Vicker, Lighting Technical Director, Pixar (spoken in a Gnomon Workshop Tutorial). This has forever changed how I use Blender and create animations!” Lighting has always been my weak point, and now I get dozens of different styles with a few clicks of my mouse. “One of the best Blender Addons I’ve come across, period. With Pro-Lighting Studio, you’ll discover new lighting setups, and create your best render in minutes. Pro-Lighting Studio is a Blender addon that helps you produce gorgeous results, with dozens of interesting lighting suggestions for your model. Please download the latest version via the orders page. Notice: Pro-Lighting: Studio has been updated to version 1.3.1 including support for Blender 3.1. Learn how your comment data is processed.Perfect lighting, reflections and backgrounds in Blender Your email address will not be published. If you want to see more behind the scenes setups for food photography, case studies and how to create beautiful images with natural light then grab my ebook. Once you get the hang of this setup for food photography, you can then start to explore more light manipulation. At first, place the diffuser closer to the window than to your subject.įinally, if you need to light your subject more evenly, you’ll place a reflector on the other side of your scene to ‘fill’ your shadows. This will ‘diffuse’ the light to make it soft – we’ll cover this later. Next, you’ll place a diffuser between the light source (your window) and your subject. So your subject and the camera are next to the light source. You will place your setup so that it is next to a window, with the light falling onto your setup from either the side. Reflector – is placed opposite the light source to ‘reflect’ some light back onto your subject and scene.Diffuser – a placed between the light source and your subject.Sidelight – the light source is next to your scene.The basic setup for food photography to produce the soft light common in our niche is: This is a foundational setup from which you start to expand your light manipulation skills based on the mood and story you want to tell. The Basic Light Setup For Food Photographyįirstly, I’d like to say that I don’t particularly like the word ‘basic’ as it implies that nothing great will be achieved.
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