Tips for pics: Lighting

12 Days of Christmas, Day 3

 Merry Christmas!

For the next few days, I am going to be giving tips for taking pictures of your doll!  Today we are going to talk about lighting.

1. Never shoot in full sun

So what this means is you never want to take a picture with the sun directly shinning on your doll's face. Here is what a picture in full sun looks like:

As you can see, the light in the picture doesn't look quite right. Always shoot with the sun shinning behind your doll, and make sure you have enough shade and that the lighting is right.

2. The right time of day

So we see that lighting plays a key factor in your picture. I find that the best time to take pictures is mid-morning, and golden hour.

Sometimes other parts of the day can work as well. For example, you could shoot around noon, but you will probably need some shade for your doll to stand in.

Another thing is even if you are not shooting into the sun, your photo can still be too bright or look a little off, like this one:

What happened here was, even though I was not shooting into the sun, Rachel was not standing in the shade so there is too much shadow on her face. I moved about 20 feet away, but in the shade and took this picture, which turned out a lot better:

(Rachel's eyes could be a little brighter, but we are talking about lighting right now. 🙂)

So now she is standing in a more shadowed place, and the lighting is a lot better.


I hope these tips on lighting helped! As you can probably tell, I am not a pro photographer, but I find that these tips help with my pictures.

Merry Christmas!

Tomorrow's theme is angle

~AGDPS

P.S. One of the twelve days, I will also be showing you some hairstyles to do on your doll!