A Photography Technique for Portrait Light Setting in a Background
- 1). Set up your traditional portrait lighting with a key, fill and rim light. Place your subject in front of a simple backdrop.
- 2). Attach the grid spot to the flash head of the camera as well as the remote flash receiver. The grid spot will make the light that comes from the flash more direct so that you can have greater control over it.
- 3). Set the flash in the lower area of the backdrop. Look at the key light of your portrait and predict where the shadow of it will be cast on the backdrop. Point the flash toward that shadow as a starting point.
- 4). Take several exposures with the background light in the starting position. Experiment with the light in various positions until you reach your preferred effect.