Any tips for photographing subjects with both deep set eyes and dark circles? I find it difficult to get photos of some family members where they don't look nearly dead. Thanks for any suggestions!
Get a cheap foamboard and ask your subject to hold it as if they would hold a tray, about 1 foot and a half down the head and the light should fill more of the shadows.
You can also use those 5 in one reflectors (you can get them in Ebay) .
I always post edit. I usually use the skin softener in Lightroom and then add brightness with the paint brush under the eyes, bridge of nose, just anywhere there is some dark shadows. I need to check out the 5 in 1 reflectors. Sounds great! Always better to not have to post edit!
@moncooga If there's a white wall and ceiling, shoot with the flash pointing backwards slightly, with a wide angle so it's reflecting straight on and filling in the eyes while illuminating them in a pleasant way.
Alternatively the option of them holding a reflector is good.
Bouncing a flash of the ceiling will often take away dark circles but leave the eyes very dark, bad for blues eyes but sometimes a nice effect with dark eyes, creating an almost black iris and pupil with a single light point, it's very subjective though.
One thing for sheer handiness is a diffuser that mimics bare bulb shooting, it sends the flashes light in a near 360 degree pattern, you'll see every person that works for party press using them, since they get a consistent effect and make for a quick portrait system...
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Don't shoot in high sun outside. Shoot with the sun , or light behind them. Use a fill flash, cranked up, pointing up and behind you. May help.
You can also use those 5 in one reflectors (you can get them in Ebay) .
Alternatively the option of them holding a reflector is good.
Bouncing a flash of the ceiling will often take away dark circles but leave the eyes very dark, bad for blues eyes but sometimes a nice effect with dark eyes, creating an almost black iris and pupil with a single light point, it's very subjective though.
One thing for sheer handiness is a diffuser that mimics bare bulb shooting, it sends the flashes light in a near 360 degree pattern, you'll see every person that works for party press using them, since they get a consistent effect and make for a quick portrait system...
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"Any tips for photographing subjects with both deep set eyes and DARK circles?"