Hey everyone Adam here at Digital Goja and I want to share some of my
favorite tips and tricks for manipulating light so stay tuned
Have you been wanting to try some different lighting effects in your
photos and videos but I thought you needed some fancy studio gear well in
this video I'm going to show you some quick easy and affordable ways you can
get some creative looks using simple stuff that you can find around your
house or in a local craft store let's get to it. Did you know you can add a pop
of color to your subject or background by simply adding colored cellophane wrap
to your flash or LED light this is gonna help enhance and add drama to your
portraits simply crumpled up the cellophane wrap it around your light
source and tape it now it could be either using an LED light or a flash now
remember the closer the light is to the subject the more intense the color
effect will be
Professional photographers often use expensive light modifiers to reshape the
light and create cool lighting effects in the background of their photos now
you don't have to spend a lot of money to recreate this effect and I'm going to
show you how you can do it. First what you're going to do is draw some patterns
onto either poster board like we have here or foam core board and then you're
going to cut those shapes out then you're going to take a light source and
project that light through it in order to create background patterns this is a
creative way to add some interest to the background of the shoot. You can clamp
your cutout like a flag to a reflector arm or a light stand now if you don't
have a reflector arm or a light stand you can have someone hold it up for you
or you can attach it with tape to anything that has some height to it
where you can use string to hold it up
How would you like to create that lens flare effect on your portraits without
having to spend all that time on your computer well you can simply use a torch
type flashlight to create that dreamlike effect and the best thing is you're
shooting digital so you can keep on shooting until you get the look that you
want. What I like to do is shoot in Live View in this mode and that way you can
see how the light is affecting your image and how much flare you're getting
so simply shine the light into your lens at an angle and take a few shots and
pick the one that you like best we found that this trick works best with a wider
angle lens 50 millimeter lens 35 24 millimetres a good range to be in you'll
also see more flare if you open the lens up to a large aperture. Are you bored of
using standard backgrounds for your photos well there's something in your
kitchen that can help you create a spectacular backdrop and I find this tip
to be great for product photography crumpled up a few long pieces of
aluminum foil and tape it to some foam core board if you don't have foam core
board you can also hang it from wire that you have strung behind your subject
make sure to keep your subject away from the background and have a light source
shining into the foil itself now this effect works best with a prime lens with
a fast aperture like F 1.8 or 1.4
As you can see it's very easy to enhance your images using these different
lighting effects and we hope this video helped you become more creative in your
photography now if you use any of these tips make sure to tag us on your social
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you in the next video.