Working with Venetian Blinds in Photography - Video

[Martin Vronsky]

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There are many non-photography things that somehow find their way into a studio photographer’s secret essentials list and one the most useful are blinds. Often used as a cookie, which is anything that partially blocks light, the Venetian blind is a surprisingly versatile light modifier.

Photographer Gavin Hoey shows you three ways to use a blind in your studio. Along the way, he demonstrates why the pattern you see isn’t like the shadows you photograph and how to improve your blind photos. 

Starting out with the classic of using a blind to create a stripy pattern on a background, Gavin then switches it around to create stripes just on his model. Finally, he makes the blind a part of the photo and gets explains his simple but effective way to get super crisp lines.

Working with Venetian Blinds in Photography

• 0:00 Intro
• 0:54 Why the shadows don’t match your eyes
• 2:28 Blind adjustment for different effects
• 3:05 Blind photography on a white background
• 3:51 Stripes on your model only
• 5:15 Blind photography on a black background
• 5:54 Continuous light set-up
• 6:52 Blind photography with continuous light
• 7:47 Summery and Subscribe