Hard Light vs Soft Light Photography Lighting Techniques 

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grazie mille per le tue gentili parole Essendo io stesso un orgoglioso siciliano, è un onore sapere che stai guardando. continua ad imparare. continua a crescere.

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Hell yes. Ty! I love it too!

ty!! glad you love it. appreciate you.

we all had a tough time deciding!

right?!?!?!?

Grazie mille. Sì, la mia famiglia è siciliana. Vengo in Italia ogni 2 anni per visitare. Naturalmente, è il mio posto preferito da visitare nel mondo. Grazie per la visione.

@@SalCincotta1 anch'io vivo in un isola bella come la Sicilia...è la Sardegna...comunque ancora complimenti per i tuoi video, sono molto istruttivi...grazie

Good choice!

Mine too!

thats awesome!!

agreed.

or... i chose to edit it that way and create a cooler toned image. so... there's always that option. :)

Using soft light is like trying to cook with a single condiment, sugar. If your subject tastes like nothing and has nothing interesting on it, it works. If you have an interesting subject and want to show what the situation requires, age, beauty, ugliness, modeled volume, texture, shadow, contrast,, etc, you need hard lights. Hard light can achieve a variety of angles if you use many lights. It can look artistic, artificial, realistic, or fake. In order to discover hard light, you need at least three lights, with lenses that allow serious focus range (not any typical fresnel or ellipsoid), and barndoors. I have a friend that is considered a good photographer and mostly uses a huge soft light and some soft fill. He lights celebrities in their 40s and 60s, people that work nights for a living, smoke, drink and do drugs. The only thing they need is to look young, and their faces have become ugly from the kind of life they are living. He heavily edits the photos. They are extremely happy with the results. He spends zero time on lighting and mostly works on his public relations and making them feel good. He makes a lot of money. But if you have an interesting subject and you want to produce a certain impression, you need hard light. This is true in drama, but also in photography, even commercial protography if you believe there is room for art in the profession.

haha... its soooo good!! im trying to plan a trip to scotland in 2024... 100% stopping by balvenie for a tour!!

They used several Fresnes Spots and did EXTENSIVE Negative retouching (George Hurrell). I have his book of images.

love it!

ty.

very true... but which one here do you like better? always soft light?

@@SalCincotta1 But for the color of the eyes I like more the hard light ??? I vote for hard light!

@@benoitnarbonne9266 yeah this was a tough one for me too - i almost always like soft light portraits, but the hard light on this one popped off for sure.

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