Question About Light Temperature and Mood in Hidden Studio Series

The question was about whether the light in Hidden Studio story is real or added during post production and also why I made this choice.

The light was real. If I would do the photoshoot with neutral light and then increase temperature in Lightroom, I wouldn’t have a white spot on the wall behind them and blue shadow — everything would have the same yellow hue. Here we have a window on the left what brings pale winter light contrasted by warm light of old lightbulb in the studio. We even have a bit of glare of the lightbulb in top left corner which is technically a mistake, but in reality helps me to build lighter frame (with no “cave” effect)

As for why, initially I planned to work on this story using natural light and wide frames. But when I got to the location I saw that it was on the first floor and there was something just in front of the window. So I turned to what we had in the studio and among other things (paintings, busts, art supply) there was a simple lightbulb without shade. It made me think about two young art-students in their little studio in a loft somewhere in Europe. It was also cold which made me thing of using a warm light a bit like a furnace they might use to warm up. As the story started to unfold, I wanted to show this feminine side of creation — slow, intimate process, when you gather little details like beads on threads.

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