Too much light from behind can turn your face into a.
Does lighting make you look better.
Photo lighting is a huge deal.
Hard light makes pores pimples and wrinkles more noticeable.
To see good vs.
With softer light you get softer shadows while with harder light you get more pronounced deeper and harsher shadows making the subject look older.
This lighting angle also conveys more of a horror film making you look like a movie villain.
Unless that s your goal prioritize front facing lighting.
Make sure the light in front and behind you isn t too bright.
Indoor artificial lighting as in photos 1 3 usually has a strong color tint.
It can drastically alter what you look like for better or worse.
Actually there may be many reasons.
Generally speaking people look better when lit with soft light because the light is more evenly dispersed across the subject.
Just like lighting from directly above lighting yourself from below can cast some off putting shadows.
This means staying off corded phones electrical appliances wires tv cables computers plumbing metal doors and windows.
How good and bad lighting changes your face.
If the light is emitted from a larger geometry or diffused through a large surface shadows are softer.
If the light is emitted from a single point shadows are sharp.
Bad lighting in action check out these pictures that were taken on the same day.
Geometry of the light source.
A house is a safe place to be during a thunderstorm as long as you avoid anything that conducts electricity.
Some things to notice.