ABSTRACT
PERFORMANCE TIP Use window light or diffused fl ash to obtain a soft low-contrast light source to fl atter the subject. Avoid direct fl ash unless it is diffused with a white umbrella. Stand back from your sitter and zoom in with your lens rather than coming in close and distorting the features of the face (the closer you stand - the bigger the nose of the sitter appears). A perfect white background is diffi cult to create if you don’t have a studio backdrop and multiple lights but, with a little practice, it is possible to get a near white background by capturing the sitter in front of a white translucent curtain against a brightly illuminated window and with a single introduced light source.
