Great cheap lighting tutorial from HappySoda

Ah, I hadn't thought of using poster board as a reflector. These are some nice tips. Thanks!

 

those are really awesome tips!!! man, i'm gonna start hunting down my resources!!! XD

 

Neat I'll have to try it after school. [yer link was definatly not school friendly o.o;]

 

Besides poster board, a piece of foamcore board makes a great reflector, and stands up better, since you often need a bigger piece for 60cm standing dolls. In addition, foamcore can make a good "extra wall" to cover up background junk if you don't have a separate set area for taking pics.

Years ago, we used to use gold-foil wrapping paper, crumpled up fine and then spread out again (to eliminate harsh reflections) and taped to a piece of cardboard or foamcore, to make reflected light that was warm gold in color. Very useful and dramatic if your natural-light source (like from a north window) is very blue in tone.

 

White reflectors are wonderful - and there are several good tips about them here. But sometimes they can "blow out" a doll's facial features if they reflect too much bright light! Other options are the gold crinkled foil as hobbywhelmed stated or a simple silver reflector that is used under the windscreen as a dash protector/interior coolant for cars! These are affordable and can be picked up at a variety of stores. I have found that the silver tends to give me a better "colour" with the dolls - but I have only snow skintones, so that does make a difference with the silver rather than the more warming gold.

 

This is a nice tutorial ^^ the diffuser thingy is great, I will use that too

 

Wow I could totally use these ideas for shooting pictures. Especially since my camera hates certain lighting... Thanks a lot!

 

oh shoot i'm so gonna use this +_+ the background tips too. thanks!

 

This is very helpful! Thank you for sharing the link

 

Thank you for the link. I still have to read everything in depth, but the photos look promising. For photostories, it might be a bit cumbersome though, and I wonder if the proximity of all the materiel is critical, but I will definitely give it a try

 

Thanks so much, so simple and yet would not have thought of that stuff to try. Glad I saw this.

 

Great link, definitely going to try it out when my doll arrives...

 

I'm trying this right now! Thanks for the link.

 

Interesting! And because it's Christmas time, we're getting deliveries all the time, so there's bound to be a couple boxes I can use.

 

I have to try ....

 

This is unbelievably helpful! Now maybe I can take some photos without looking like a complete amateur. Thanks!

 

Great tips!!! So excited to try out the diffuser and reflector.

 

Thanks for the link! What a pitty that I have only one lightbulb :S For better effects should be at least 3, meh!

 

This is so nice and informative! I surely will do this.

 

Gonna have to try this for sure.Thanks for sharing.

 

wow! that really is some great tips! I never though of that before! Im going to have to try it out.

 

Very useful tips, wrapping paper is a great idea to use as a backdrop. The tutorial was also quite funny, I think I will make black turtle necks for all my dolls so that they can seem extra artistic. :-P

 

Definitely going to try this out! Thanks!