Saturday, November 9, 2013

Photography Tip - Hard light vs soft light

I got a chance to test Lupo light LED light panel. I made one test yesterday evening with our dinner. You can adjust your light temperature quite easily. I just wanted to test does this light work for me in my photography. 

photography test - led light
left: straight and hard light                   right: diffused and soft

This test has done without ambient light. Just the light panel. We don't have so much light here so I wanted to find out how the food looks like with artifial light. I photographed two different light. Straight light from the light panel and diffused light with the help of Lastolite diffuser from the light panel. Can you see the difference? Take a look at the reflections of light. With diffused the reflections are softer. I think it looks a lot nicer than the hard ones. 

photography test - led light
hard light

photography test - led light
soft light

I'm going to test this light with ambient light tomorrow. I hope you find this tip of hard and soft light helpful with your photography. So many things you just have to learn by doing. I didn't work so much with styling this time. I just wanted to have black and white and different kind of surfaces in photo because I wanted to see how the light works with different kind of textures.


Was this tip useful?

xo
Kreetta

6 comments:

  1. excellent tutorial! came across from blogging your way

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  2. Hello Justine! Great to hear! Thanks for stopping by.

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  3. Wonderful post. As you know I need more skills, so every one of your photography related posts are must read for me:-) Just checked out the Lupo panel out and it would be perfect for lighting up my tutorial shoots especially on this time of the year. Thanks for sharing Kreetta!

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  4. Thank you Mette! I think it is worth to try anyway. Maybe you can "loan" the light and test it before buying...it costs some money so want to be sure :) Great to be helpful!

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  5. You are such a generous blogger and photographer, always sharing so many wonderful tips! I didn't know of Lupo Light and I'll definitely look out for their products! :)

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  6. Hi Barbara! Thank you for your kind words.

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