Perhaps you've seen photographers holding umbrellas and reflective squares around their subjects as they are being photographed. While this may look humorous, bounce lighting is actually a wonderful way to eliminate shadows from your subject in a soft, natural way. If you are interested in portrait photography, bounce lighting is a great way for you to enhance your pictures with a glowing, flattering light.

Sometimes, when you use a regular flash, the light can seem harsh and garish. It can throw strange shadows and make it obvious that you used a bright flash from an exact point in front of your subject. Bounce lighting is a way to still provide enough light to capture your image, yet eliminate the shadowing and astringent qualities of flash lighting.

Creating a bounce lighting system is simple. If you are setting up a portrait area, you want the backdrop to be straight in front of the camera, with a light source to one side and reflective surface on the other. As you take your picture, you want to remotely set off the flash so that it bounces off the reflective screen to bathe your subject in a natural glow.

Because bright, outdoor light can interfere with your bounce lighting setup, it works best in smaller rooms or studios. You can also paint the ceiling so that it will reflect down on the target of your image, imitating the effect of sunshine. This non-direct, ambient form of lighting warms up your picture, contributing to better portrait photography.

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If you have a beautiful portrait of you or a person that you love, you will probably want to display the image. For a lovely and innovative way to show off your natural, glowing portrait, you should consider turning it into a canvas photo. For more information on this process, contact YourCanvasPhotos today.