Put a ring on it

TRY USING A DOUBLE-RING LIGHT FOR UNUSUAL CATCHLIGHTS AND STUNNING PET PHOTOS…

A ring light has a circular bulb that results in 360 degrees of frontal illumination. This creates minimal shadows over your subject’s face, with gentle fall-off to the scene beyond. As such, it’s a flattering light source for portraits and pet photos. We used a 19-inch Interfit ring light here, plus a smaller LED ring.

Camera position

Shooting through the centre of the ring light enables the light to wrap around the subject from all angles. Some ring lights and flashes can be attached to your camera, but larger ones, like this, will need a separate stand. Of course, we need to be mindful to keep the edges of the light out of the frame.

Double rings

Why not try using two ring lights instead of one? Here we taped a smaller light inside the larger ring. This gave us a different quality to the light, with extra illumination over the face. It also made for some very distinctive double-circle catchlights in the dog’s eyes.