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My project on portrait lighting! What kind of lighting is best?

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Short Lighting- This lighting illuminates the "mask" of the face, preventing harsh shadows from confusing the eye. It's more often used than broad lighting, because broad lighting tends to light the ear, which draws attention, and makes the face and figure look heavier than it really is.

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Natural Lighting- Natural lighting does not use flash, which prevents over-exposure of the figure's face and eyes. It uses the light around it, which gives a normal, natural look to the skin and eyes of the subject. Shooting at dawn and dusk are the best times, because the light is the most beneficial to the shot.

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Fluorescent Lighting- This kind of photography, while natural-looking in real life, can produce a color overcast that makes the photo look unnatural. When done with a filter, it can produce well-illuminated photos, however, it often casts shadows under the eyes of subejcts, causing a "sunken in" appearance.

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All in all, the best kind of light for studio photography and portriatures is natural sunlight.

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