{"id":3011,"date":"2021-10-11T08:51:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T15:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=3011"},"modified":"2021-10-11T08:51:45","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T15:51:45","slug":"the-catch-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/the-catch-light\/","title":{"rendered":"The Catch Light"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The most appealing lighting does two things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. It’s clear what is being depicted<\/li>
  2. The subject is in it’s ultimate state<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    For a portrait or a zoom call, that means 1?? we can tell what the person’s face looks like and 2?? that person is healthy and attractive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    When a light source is reflected in the eye like a mirror, it shows (clearly) that the person has wet eyes (healthy).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This reflection is called the “catch light.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"\"
    no catchlight. It’s unclear whether the eye has the same texture as the skin. can make the eyeball look flat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
    \"\"
    one small light source can make the eye look beady and dry. it’s still unclear what is happening in the photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
    \"\"
    two small light sources can make the eye look beady or pointy… and maybe a little dry still<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
    \"\"
    big lightsource shows roundness of the eye and gets a little glimmer on the edges of the eye.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
    \"\"
    a really big light source can be beautiful. we can get this from my garage portraits<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
    \"\"
    using lots of smaller sources, but clustered together can be descriptive and wet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The most appealing lighting does two things. It’s clear what is being depicted The subject is in it’s ultimate state For a portrait or a zoom call, that means 1?? we can tell what the person’s face looks like and 2?? that person is healthy and attractive. When a light source is reflected in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":3014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10158666434799935_26707174888":"","twitter_aToyMjM4MTQzMDs=_22381430":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-prince-lakra-9186464.jpg?fit=2000%2C1333&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc33gc-Mz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2536,"url":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/say-less-get-more-screen-time\/","url_meta":{"origin":3011,"position":0},"title":"Say Less, Get More Screen Time","author":"scot","date":"April 14, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"I've spent some time with reality TV and documentary producers and I've seen how they cast and edit. They want archetypes and sound bites. They want the story to be simple... \"I'm skinny, but I want to be strong\"\"My culture is very important to me\"\"I'm a chauvinist\"\"I'm dumb\"\"I'm a nerd\"\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/adfe.jpg?fit=1200%2C797&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/adfe.jpg?fit=1200%2C797&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/adfe.jpg?fit=1200%2C797&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/adfe.jpg?fit=1200%2C797&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/adfe.jpg?fit=1200%2C797&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2842,"url":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/bookending\/","url_meta":{"origin":3011,"position":1},"title":"Bookending","author":"scot","date":"August 30, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Some tasks are uncomfortable. In fact, all the crucial things we want to do to move ourselves forward are uncomfortable. Accountability and social pressure are the best ways to move through uncomfortable tasks, but asking someone to hold us accountable is kinda annoying. Here's a bitesize version of accountability. We\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-snapwire-38867.jpg?fit=1200%2C733&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-snapwire-38867.jpg?fit=1200%2C733&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-snapwire-38867.jpg?fit=1200%2C733&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-snapwire-38867.jpg?fit=1200%2C733&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-snapwire-38867.jpg?fit=1200%2C733&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2978,"url":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/the-inverse-square-rule-of-light\/","url_meta":{"origin":3011,"position":2},"title":"The Inverse Square Rule Of Light","author":"scot","date":"October 1, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm seeing people in Zoom shows with a ton of lights and the lights are all spread out and far away. We want large light sources as close to us as possible. When we move a light away we lose a lot of power. The inverse square rule says that\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-kristina-paukshtite-5429056.jpg?fit=1200%2C808&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-kristina-paukshtite-5429056.jpg?fit=1200%2C808&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-kristina-paukshtite-5429056.jpg?fit=1200%2C808&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-kristina-paukshtite-5429056.jpg?fit=1200%2C808&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-kristina-paukshtite-5429056.jpg?fit=1200%2C808&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2411,"url":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/favorite-garage-portrait-lighting\/","url_meta":{"origin":3011,"position":3},"title":"Favorite Garage Portrait Lighting","author":"scot","date":"February 23, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"This is my favorite way to easily light for a portrait. Get out of direct sunlight and let the ambient light outside a garage door light the subject. It's pretty straight forward. The ultimate would be a black garage, but this white one with all the garage-type stuff does fine.\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pexels-rachel-claire-4825750.jpg?fit=1200%2C662&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pexels-rachel-claire-4825750.jpg?fit=1200%2C662&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pexels-rachel-claire-4825750.jpg?fit=1200%2C662&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pexels-rachel-claire-4825750.jpg?fit=1200%2C662&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pexels-rachel-claire-4825750.jpg?fit=1200%2C662&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":781,"url":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/ring-lights-terrible\/","url_meta":{"origin":3011,"position":4},"title":"Ring Lights: Terrible!","author":"scot","date":"May 28, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Don't buy a ring light thinking that it's a magic pill. It's more likely just a pill. I used to be a fan of ring lights and think they were an awesome solution to solve all shooting issues. I even built my own when they were hard to get. The\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/woman-sitting-in-front-of-round-light-inside-dark-room-2250409-2-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/woman-sitting-in-front-of-round-light-inside-dark-room-2250409-2-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/woman-sitting-in-front-of-round-light-inside-dark-room-2250409-2-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/woman-sitting-in-front-of-round-light-inside-dark-room-2250409-2-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/woman-sitting-in-front-of-round-light-inside-dark-room-2250409-2-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2258,"url":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/losing-image-detail-in-phones-webcams-fixing-wash-out-or-silhouetting\/","url_meta":{"origin":3011,"position":5},"title":"Losing image detail in phones & webcams … fixing wash-out or silhouetting","author":"scot","date":"January 23, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"A common problem for people using automatic cameras (like webcams) is that the details of the subject are lost. The subject appears too dark or too bright. There are a few easy solutions that don't involve buying a fully manual camera. This applies to faces as well as objects. The\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/card.jpg?fit=1200%2C716&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/card.jpg?fit=1200%2C716&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/card.jpg?fit=1200%2C716&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/card.jpg?fit=1200%2C716&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/card.jpg?fit=1200%2C716&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3011"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3023,"href":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3011\/revisions\/3023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}