Maybe I’m joining that old school crowd, but I’ve been told by a photog in leadership roles that the natural light is better then using lights at all. I think natural light is great when it exists. We have cameras that like light. They aren’t great in low light situations. Even in a naturally lit room they look washed out. When you have a naturally lit house I still throw a day light balanced light in their face to pop up the subject. Sometimes I’ll kill all the light… close the blinds… and totally light up the subject or the scene with 3 or 4 lights. This is what I was taught through-out my 20 year career. I was told I’m staging the interview when I light it. HUH??? I thought making the interview look good is our job. Its laziness to not light someone or something if it needs it. Takes me 10 minutes or less to set up two lights and turn off the over head lights. This conversation has been bothering me so…
Your thoughts please.