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Kitchen Set — Mixing Ambient and Under-Cabinet Light

By Daring Leaderman · July 31, 2026
Portrait on a kitchen set lit with a mix of ambient and added light
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In the critique queueQueued for a Critique Thursday breakdown

From the photographer

Location shoot in a residential kitchen. The under-cabinet strips were doing most of the fill on her upper body, so I balanced a small key from camera-left to keep the warm cabinet tone without going orange on skin. Horizontal frame to keep the counter line and the leg line in the same composition.

Still not sure I got the shadow separation right where her shoulder meets the dark cabinetry. That edge is where I would want a second opinion.

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