5 Creative Portrait Lighting Tricks Using Only Phone Light

5 Creative Portrait Lighting Tricks Using Only Phone Light

A Post By: Caz Nowaczyk

In this video by Derrick Freske, you’ll learn 5 creative portrait lighting tricks using only phone light!

Using only a phone light and some handy reflective props, you can achieve some of the great portrait photography looks in Derrick’s video.

Derrick’s tricks include using:

  1. A disco ball
  2. Scrapbooking paper
  3. Sequinned fabric
  4. Lace fabric
  5. Prism

Try these out and we’d love to see some in the comments section below.

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Caz Nowaczyk – the dPS Managing Editor, lives in Wollongong, Australia and has worked as a photographer, filmmaker, and designer in her business, Exposure Arts and Media, for 15 years. Her background extends to Digital Content Management, and Editorial Design. In her spare time, she composes music as Dreamgirl and the Motorist. Since the age of 12, she knew she would be a photographer - the other stuff came as a surprise!