Eliminating Shadows (Techniques Please)

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  • LaceyLace
    Confirmed User
    • Mar 2005
    • 148

    #1

    Eliminating Shadows (Techniques Please)

    How do you eliminate shadows in indoor photo shoots?

    appreciated
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  • Shooting_Manic
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    • Jan 2005
    • 1740

    #2
    Ummmm backlight?

    Light the area behind the model.
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    • Chio The Pirate
      Confirmed User
      • Oct 2002
      • 946

      #3
      YARGH! Post an example, and I'll be tellin' you the way. Without seein' your picky pics, I'd say clone brush, or copy non shadowed area, paste over shadowed area, and erase (soft brush) hard edges.

      There be no one way to be doin' it, but these two should get you started.

      EDIT: Sorry I thought you meant from Photos


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      Last edited by Chio The Pirate; 04-04-2005, 08:23 PM.

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      • NaughtyRob
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        • Nov 2004
        • 29602

        #4
        You need to use a "strobe" light, not a "flash on camera."

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        • leg4
          Confirmed User
          • May 2003
          • 4429

          #5
          Basic white diffusion material over your lights... I use alot of lights... and diffuse them all for a nice soft look...
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          • Rebecca Love
            Skinemax BQueen
            • Jul 2004
            • 2145

            #6
            Originally posted by leg4
            Basic white diffusion material over your lights... I use alot of lights... and diffuse them all for a nice soft look...
            Three point lighting with diffussion material is good enough. One light in the front, one off to the side, and one in the back.


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            • monica
              Confirmed User
              • Feb 2004
              • 220

              #7
              Directional light is what causes shadows. Imagine if you shone a spotlight on your model, you're going to see a shadow on the wall behind her. Now, if you soften that light, the shadow will get softer too.

              To eliminate that shadow you are going to have to light the shadow, or hide the shadow.

              You could light the model from directly in front of her at an angle that throws the shadow directly behind her. As long as your camera is looking directly at the model, the shadow will be gone. However, this isn't nearly as desireable as using lighting from an angle because this will also eliminate most shadows that define the contours of a person's body.

              You could light her from the left of your camera, and use another light on the background to eliminate the shadow. However, you're going to have to be a little knowledgeable about lighting ratios here because then you can decide whether you want the background to be brighter or darker than your model.

              Using extremely diffuse lighting (soft light) will make the shadow very soft, and not so distracting in your photo.
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              • DeanCapture
                Haters & Trolls SUCK!
                • Dec 2002
                • 9275

                #8
                Originally posted by LaceyLace
                How do you eliminate shadows in indoor photo shoots?

                appreciated
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                • aico
                  Moo Moo Cow
                  • Mar 2004
                  • 14748

                  #9
                  shoot in a long hallway

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                  • V_RocKs
                    Damn Right I Kiss Ass!
                    • Nov 2003
                    • 32449

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Rebecca Love
                    Three point lighting with diffussion material is good enough. One light in the front, one off to the side, and one in the back.
                    Same as I prefer as a photographer and a surfer.

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                    • toddler
                      Confirmed User
                      • Jun 2002
                      • 1911

                      #11
                      Originally posted by DeanCapture
                      Hire a professional

                      just a quick 'fuck you!' to dean for being an ass to someone trying to learn...
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                      • quantum-x
                        Confirmed User
                        • Feb 2002
                        • 6863

                        #12
                        diffusions (http://www.leefilters.com/LP1.asp?PageID=44)
                        or good ambient lighting (softboxes)
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                        • LaceyLace
                          Confirmed User
                          • Mar 2005
                          • 148

                          #13
                          Assume the model is posing against a solid background on a platform, using three point lighting where would the "back light" be placed/focused on?
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                          • DeanCapture
                            Haters & Trolls SUCK!
                            • Dec 2002
                            • 9275

                            #14
                            Originally posted by toddler
                            just a quick 'fuck you!' to dean for being an ass to someone trying to learn...
                            It was a joke asswipe! (notice the wink).

                            So FUCK YOU TOO!
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                            • FelixFlow
                              Confirmed User
                              • Nov 2004
                              • 2779

                              #15
                              2 strobes, 2 umbrellas


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                              • Grapesoda
                                So Fucking Banned
                                • Jul 2003
                                • 46238

                                #16
                                Originally posted by LaceyLace
                                How do you eliminate shadows in indoor photo shoots?

                                appreciated

                                well yer gonna need light to cancel the shadow, or not create the shadow in the first place. shooting with on camera flash is always gonna throw a shadow from the direction of the flash. many ways to accomplish what you've asked however it's not cheap. the easyist way would be 'butterfly' lighting, that's 2 strobes at 45 deg form the lens in front of the model.

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