14 Great Examples of Portraits That Use Window Lighting
- By: Nate Kay
Sometimes the best lighting for a portrait comes naturally through a window.
Texture by Paige
Light Blonde by Duncan Harris
Do you see... by Adriane Dizon
image by Jean-Pierre B
0229 by CIA DE FOTO
...by the balcony. by Jason
"I don't want to stare out the window" by Eric Mueller
Be True To Thyself by Nicki Varkevisser
image by Katrina DeFrancesco
Rumination by Nicholas
winter morning shadow-light study by Flóra Soós
Waiting for the Bay by Nick Coombe
Christmas Dawns by Marcy Kellar
Visione by Daniel Zedda
- Category: Inspirations
- 7 Comments
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perth wedding photographer
great stuff, i love the use of natural light from widows
benjamin larson
I couldn’t agree more! Here’s one of my recent favs from a wedding: http://www.bjlphoto.com/Events/Weddings/Tufo-Keating-Wedding/18792606_X2TRcf#1455443101_FWqDQnJ
Mitch Gawlik
I have to disagree. Sure, there are a few great shots but one is too washed out with little detail left in the face, and one is basically a shot of nothing but reflections along with a
plane interior panel. There’s plenty of light in both, but not used to good advantage. I’d bet both photogs have better examples.
David Bise
natural window light is top !
Andy
I agree with Mitch. Most of these shots are very sub par.
Only the last few are any good.
Mike
Three or four are ok the rest not good at all.
Dan Ferrall
The window light theme is a good one and while some of the examples shown are nice, the majority are not (IMHO) very good samplings of well done use of window light.
The article title specifically states “great.” Out of the fourteen, perhaps three approach “great.” The others exhibit significant compositional flaws which detract from the potential of what the capture might have been.
I don’t offer my comments in a manner meant to do anything other than to encourage article readers to look beyond the effort of simply getting close to a light filled window and thinking that much of the rest will take care of itself.
Here is a “great” book on elements of composition which when paired with the “Window Light” theme of the article might be a good way to achieve “great” results based on the theme.
http://www.amazon.com/Picture-Perfect-Practice-Self-Training-World-Class/dp/0321803531/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1358539409&sr=1-1&keywords=picture+perfect+practice
Dan
Portland, Oregon