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Lighting tips for self portraits! #photography
Oct 8, 2025
Lighting tips for self portraits! #photography
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Now, for most selftimes, you have like 8
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to 10 seconds. So, it's enough time for
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me to move the object and kind of sit
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where I want to.
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For self-portrait, it's a lot of moving
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back and forth. So, I'm going to look to
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see if I like that photo.
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It's a little bit higher than I want it
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to go. So, because I have this handy
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dandy shelf, I'm going to lower it.
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Make sure I haven't touched the focus,
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so it should still be right now. Let's
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try that again.
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I think it looks great. I think the
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focus is perfect, but I think it's a
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little bit dark. So, I'm going to use
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this lamp here. So, I don't want this
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lamp in the photo, obviously, but I just
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want it to illuminate my face. So, as
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much as these flowers are beautiful, I
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might move them
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and just aiming it to where I think my
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face will be. And now, my frame is about
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right here, so I know that this lamp
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will be out of it, but it'll give me
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just enough light to be able to see me
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as the subject.
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The light looks