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April Narby
 

How to get Catch lights


Can anyone give me some pointers on capturing catch lights in my subjects eyes in natural light? I can never get. Thanks for any tips you can offer :)


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January 06, 2007

 

Bret Tate
  You need to use reflectors or flash to create a light source that can be reflected in the eyes.


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January 06, 2007

 

Alan N. Marcus
  Ketch lights are neat, they give the eyes a feeling of life. Without them the eyes look dead.

If you have a choice:

1. Single ketch light each eye to preserve the look of one light illuminating the subject. Using your favorite image editor, remove all then add one each at 10 O’clock or 2 0’clock position.
2. Two ketch lights each eye OK but better if one of them is large and rectangular to give the illusion of window light.
3. Outdoors use camera flash as fill this will produce a ketch light.

Luck to you,

Alan Marcus
ammarcus@earthlink.net


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January 06, 2007

 

Jane M
  You have to have the subject facing a large source of bright light, like a window if indoors or a large patch of open sky if outdoors.


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January 06, 2007

 

W.
 
 
  Catchlights in PP.jpg
Catchlights in PP.jpg

W.

 
 
OR you can fake 'm in PP!

I use PhotoLine32 for stuff like that.
http://www.pl32.com/, shareware with unrestricted trial.


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