Haven’t you ever experienced getting camera shakes due to the small amount of light or getting rough impressions from photos of small items or ingredients that you took indoors because the sensitivity became too high?
In these cases, just moving the subjects to lighter places without any lighting equipment will help you solve those problems.
Plus, using a tripod and reflector would make your photos much better.
What to prepare
・Reflector (reflection board)
・Tripod
1. Decide where to shoot
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First, decide where you are going to shoot. We recommend choosing places on which little direct sunlight is shed, and hanging a lace curtain on the window if you cannot avoid the sunlight.
In order for purchasers to use the image easily, make sure that there is now shadow of the window’s frame or trees standing outside reflecting the window. Keeping backgrounds of subjects is one of the tips for shooting stock photos that sell well.
After deciding the position, turn off the room’s light and set you camera.
2. Change the setting of your camera
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Please turn off the flash, and set the white balance to the auto-mode or the sunlight mode.
* Change it to the cloudy weather mode if you notice the monitor of your camera is slightly blue.
Next, set the ISO sensitivity to low since the next step is to use a tripod (We recommend setting the ISO sensitivity to 100).
It will work even better if you shoot with a self-timer to prevent camera shakes from taking place.
3. Choose kinds of light
When you want to give sense of a three dimensional (3D) appearance to the subject, please shed light on it from its side, and if you want to emphasize its outline or texture, it will work well to put the subject and shoot it against the sunlight.
It varies how the subject looks depending on the distance between it and the curtain or reflector, so try various methods here.
Hope this article will be helpful for your shooting in the future!
You can apply these tips to taking pictures of people as well.
For instance, when trying to shoot beauty or sports themed images, you will be able to get your photos have fresh atmosphere of the morning with these tips.
Moreover, atmosphere of light varies depending on time frames and seasons as well, so it would be a nice idea to try various kinds of light along with themes which you want to take photos on.