I have such a hard time with the lighting. When I can really take a picture during the golden hour, or sometimes in diffused outdoor lighting, they come out much better. But with my physical disabilities and my lack of emotional regulation, it sucks when I really have motivation and energy, but it doesn’t match the ideal conditions 😭 Anyway, I still want some lighting consistent (i.e. not bathroom ceiling lighting) evenly illuminating my face for applying makeup. So I bought a mirror with lights: it was good reviews, it’s a rectangle with two additional enlarged mirrors that unfold and small lights all around the edge of the middle mirror. It works … okay. It has very cold lighting which is not particularly bright. I am open to new options. Yet even when I am able to create a look that I am proud of that I would like to share, 90% of the time the colors seem washed out no matter what. I had slight success facing a brightly lit light against a white wall and only using the reflected light (coming close to what photographers do with umbrellas). The point is, I’m just not in a physical state where I can rearrange half of my bedroom in the hopes of getting a good photo and still having my makeup often, which looks aggressive in person. , which looks washed out, barely visible. I’m not sure if I should have a circular light and put a mirror behind to apply makeup and my phone behind to capture the photo. I am open to any suggestion or material that you have found useful. I would be delighted with an “all in one” or at least a little simple solution. But idk i just want to enjoy makeup again lol I’ve been hiding here for quite a while and the community has really inspired me to reclaim the femininity in myself (which as a non-binary transmasculine person was a big step) ). So thank you to all the members of this community, I hope I can overcome my “technical difficulties” and participate more 💖 – Izzy (they / them) 🏳️🏳️
Elf has a little clip on ring light for your phone/tablet and that’s what I use and it has 3 levels of brightness.
The lights are cooler toned but I usually leave the room lights on and use the ring light on my phone to eliminate weird shadows caused by overhead lighting. After some minor color correcting the photos look fine imho.
It won’t be studio professional quality but for sharing photo on internet or documenting your look it’s the best thing I ever bought myself. If needed you can tape some tissue over it to diffuse the light.
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