How I Light My Images/Photography Set-Up

As I do not have access to a photography studio, I had to set up an area in my house in order to replicate one so that my photographs look more professional. I used black or white cloth as backdrops, directly opposite a window which brought in natural light. I took some of my photographs at around ten/eleven o'clock with the natural light, and some later on with an artificial light (a lamp or soft box/beauty dish)n coming in from behind and to the left.

I didn't have access to any reflectors, I used plain paper to reflect the light. I got the model to hold white paper underneath her at waist level to reflect the light onto her face, and used black paper on either side of her face to create shadows and harsher lines on the model's face.

I got this idea of using reflectors a these angles from a photographer called Richard Avedon, but I replaced these reflectors with paper.

 

 

The light on his face is central, and there are shadows on either side of his face- I used black paper to attempt to replicate these shadows and white paper to reflect light onto the model's face.