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Small business headshots (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by oscarburr11@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I’m doing some corporate headshots for a small law firm near me, but as I usually do videography I don’t have photographic lighting. I have a speed light that goes on top of my camera and im a confident photographer - do you think this is adequate? What would your tips be for corporate headshots?

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[–] FullMathematician486@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Do you have constant lights for video..? Because you could use those for the headshots... One speedlight for headshots is gonna be a tricky one without really knowing how to work with it.

You'll need to put the speedlight on a stand and fire it remotely, preferably through a diffusion panel or bounced off of a larger reflector to get any kind of decent result.

If you only have a speedlight that can be used on camera, your best bet is to skip the artificial lighting and find a spot with some good natural light and shoot them that way.

[–] oscarburr11@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Thank you - that’s helpful