In the opening shot above, there is no frame blocking light, just
regular sunlight. I can't use it as the shadow would be evident. No one
would notice if I hadn’t said anything.
The frame makes for a nice rim of light on her right side (above). The rest of her is lit naturally.
The frame cuts down the light on his face but still gives him plenty of
light. The rim light you see on his left cheek comes from the glass of
the car I placed behind him deliberately to make that effect as if I
had lights. above is a split to show how I made the background more
acceptable using correction elements in post. Notice how the detail of
the window curtains which was completely lost was brought back to life.
And the bushes too!
Here
is a another split screen. The top portion is the way I shot it
completely uncorrected and the bottom half how I color corrected and
gamma corrected using Nattress filters. Notice that his facial exposure
changes very little compared to what I was able to do with
thebackground.
(This article is reprinted with permission from Walter Graff, copyright Hellgate Pictures, Inc.
and may only be used for education purposes with credit.)
