How to Create Soft Light with Strobes & Flash Indoors | 5 Tips with Sandra Coan

Sandra Coan shares her portrait photography tips for creating natural-looking, soft light. Coan uses this one light setup in her family and newborn photography. What kind of portrait lighting is your favorite?

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[BandH]

What kind of portrait lighting is your favorite?

[DrDaab]

This is an ABSOLUTELY wonderful Tutorial. Detailed, clear information, delivered beautifully with lots of repetition to make sure even total beginners will likely understand what to do. You are a Fantastic Teacher and your baby photos are Gorgeous - very inspiring.
Thank you so much.

[TomKaszuba]

If every tutorial video on YouTube was this good the world would be a better place.

[alixwato]

great tips! never thought about positioning the head of a prone subject towards the direction the light is coming from.

[PlayedWith]

Thanks for the tips! Side Note: I've never seen a more Seattle looking person than this lady and I just got back from the Pacific Northwest!

[fernfern]

Hello from Brasil! Great video, great tips!

[BTcycle]

Great information and fun personality making it easy to understand.

[charliegreen]

Great video, loved it so much went ahead and bought Sandra’s book.

[braddie]

I going to try this and create portraits of my baby niece.

[YusufMaulanaAripin]

what do you think about newborn photography that force the baby to use properties, like costume, basket, or posing them.

[gregorysargeant]

Great video I look forward to see more content.

[chowdryashfaq]

Helpful tips! Thank you.. Greetings from Chowdry Photography Bangalore India.

[ladydsi]

What is your favorite modifier to create this beautiful natural light? And do you prefer white or silver linings inside modifiers?

[RViscara]

Oh dear lord she says turn the power of your light down to soften the light lol. The watts seconds of power do not change the texture or type of softness that comes out of the light lol. The one thing she fails to tell the newbies that will help them obtain soft light is the small shooting space she is using with the white walls to bounce all that light around in the room that creates extra fill with non directional soft light. 2nd She fails to mention she is using a shoot through umbrella also that spills soft light out from the back of the umbrella into the white walled room further softening the light. 3rd she is using a diffuser panel in front of the umbrella forming what is known as 360 degree soft box of sorts. The small room combined with 360 degree soft light source with white walled room all make a lot of light bounce around to truly produce soft window non directional light source. She is basically telling newbies a few of her tricks but not telling them the biggest secrets on how to achieve that soft non directional light look.

[macbaar]

Thank you a lot for your tips! A tip in return... please avoid reflection in glasses... it was for me a bit unconfortable to watch an eye covered with reflection and the other eye as it should be.... greetings from 🇨🇭

[burninog]

Sorry but all I see is the window lighting in your glasses

[zvett]

This can be condensed down to: "Use a soft light (1, 2) from a pleasing direction relative to the babys face (5) and expose correctly (3, 4)."
Regarding exposure, is the picture @1:42 supposed to be a good or a bad example?
A warning, when a youtube teacher start talking about avoiding harsh lighting, that usually means they don´t really understand the difference between hard light, contrasty light and exposure and you might as well tune them out at that point.