Strobist Photo Trade Secrets, Volume 2: Portrait Lighting Techniques

MONTINE RUMMEL

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Beer Belly

INSPIRED BY THOSE cute but cliché portraits where expecting moms spell “girl” or “boy” to reveal what is inside their belly bump, Montine Rummel found the perfect subject and set out to make a parody. No fancy strobes or flashes needed. A living room lamp diffused with plastic behind the camera acts as fill. Take a look at the thumb shadow on the “R.” Without the fill light the second lamp—off to the right—would have left that shadow almost as black as the thousands of ...