In the world of photography, good lighting is one of the key elements of a masterpiece. As an important technical means, light supplement can optimize the expressive force of the main body in different environments, making it more vivid and moving. By skillfully supplementing or adjusting the position, intensity and direction of existing light sources, we can make up for the lack of natural lighting and shape the ideal visual effect.

Whether it's a soft sunset or a bright artificial light, the right fill light can give the picture a new life. It can not only correct the dark part missing phenomenon caused by backlight, but also highlight the character features and enhance the background layering. More importantly, the appropriate brightness distribution helps to express specific emotions and artistic conception, making it easier for the audience to resonate.

There are a wide variety of lighting equipment on the market, each of which has its own unique functional characteristics. Ring lights are widely used in the field of beauty photos with the advantage of uniform surrounding. Soft umbrellas are good at diffusing strong light and forming a warm and pleasant atmosphere. Reflector is an economical choice and is suitable for fast on-site adjustment. These tools together constitute an indispensable good helper for photographers.

In the face of a wide range of choices, novices are often at a loss. In fact, as long as the shooting theme and expected effect are clear, you can find the one that suits you best. For example, if you need to highly restore skin color, you can choose an LED light stick with a color temperature close to daylight; if you are looking for a fantastic effect, you might as well try a small projector with color filter paper. After understanding the operating points of each appliance, you will find that it is not so difficult to take good photos.

Different shooting locations have very different requirements for fill light. In professional studios, complex set arrangements usually involve a combination of multiple high-power lamps in fixed positions. And when we go outside, the situation becomes more diverse and unpredictable. At this time, flexible use of portable auxiliary devices becomes particularly important.

for indoor and outdoor two typical low illumination environment-dim living room or park bench in the evening, it is suggested to adopt lightweight tripod with cold and warm two-color LED strip spotlights respectively, which is convenient to carry and can meet the demand of instant transformation. As for the strong direct sunlight during the day, what should I do? At this time, a large-size awning with a windshield made of white translucent material can play a very good scattering effect! Combining specific examples to look at these problems will make our learning process closer to practical applications.

Sometimes breaking regular can bring unexpected freshness. Now let's jump out of the inherent mode to think about more possibilities! For example, the flashlight function of the smart phone is used to realize the accurate lighting of close-up. Or make special light and shadow effects by using the principle of reflection of readily available items such as mirrors.

In addition, adjusting the color temperature is also one of the important ways to improve the texture of the work. According to different time and place, choose the corresponding color tone (early morning and dusk are orange and yellow), and then appropriately superimpose some interesting filter materials (star-shaped, atomized blur, etc.), which can instantly add some romantic feelings to the originally bland picture. I believe that all friends must be willing to share their unique experience, so that more people feel this happiness.

In real life, there are all kinds of headaches. For example, you want to capture clear outlines of people under backlighting conditions but don't want to lose facial details. At night, the streets and lanes lack enough light but the overall picture quality is not damaged, etc. This is when we need to mobilize all our known skills and be brave enough to try new methods.

Taking backlighting as an example, you can first set the camera to manual exposure mode, and then fine-tune the ISO value and shutter speed according to the actual situation until a satisfactory balance is obtained. Then use a piece of black cardboard to block parts that are too dazzling to avoid overexposure and loss of information. For night shooting, it is recommend to find the surrounding available light source as the basic support point, plus a number of small mobile light lamp for local enhancement. This will retain the original features and will not appear abrupt distortion.