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# 6 14-03-2013 , 06:18 PM
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not at all Dave it's all to help, here's another:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-point_lighting

Adding a fill light is quite normal. A simple google search would have revealed that. Try a very soft light so that shadows are minimal. The link will explain in more detail. How do you think they get rid of hard shadows on movie sets? user added image With a fill light/s.

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By soft, I mean large enough that its shadows are not very noticeable. Also, bring it quite close to the camera, then try moving it around a bit, so that it fills in dark shadows cast by the key, but doesn't cast strong shadows of its own (and also so that it doesn't flatten the image out too much).

I tend to avoid non-shadow casting lights but whatever works for you.


Last edited by gubar; 14-03-2013 at 06:23 PM.