Active vs Passive Fill Light: OnSet ep. #317

Join Daniel Norton OnSet as he discusses how we can control shadow depth in our portraits with fill light. For many photographers, their first experience with controlling light is to bring a reflector into the scene, this is referred to as passive fill and while it can be great for many situations, for a more refined portrait we often use active fill which is simply another light source balanced with your key light to create the ratio of shadow we desire. Active vs Passive Fill Light 0:00 - Intro 0:09 - Overview of video content 0:25 - The reason for fill light 0:53 - Gear list 1:20 - Model on the set 1:27 - Passive fill 4:51 - Posing and shooting the portraits with passive fill 5:34 - Active fill 6:25 - Setting up the key light 6:39 - Setting up the fill light 7:10 - Establishing ratios 8:27 - Posing and shooting the portraits with active fill 10:38 - Image review with the subject 11:10 - Tl;dr wrap up SUBSCRIBE AND BE PART OF THE ADORAMA FAMILY: