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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 542967" data-attributes="member: 9240">The ring light you show can give you that effect, but understand with reflections a lot depends on proximity and size of the light.&nbsp; The light you're showing is meant more as a macro/closeup light and not for portraits.&nbsp; At 8-10 feet away the ring in the reflection will almost appear as a huge round light because the gap in the middle is only a couple inches wide.&nbsp; You're going to need to be really close to your subject, and that presents you with another problem because a wide focal length is generally horrible for portraits.&nbsp;The ring lights that portrait photographers use are much wider, like the one @<a href="http://nikonites.com/member-13155-skene.html" target="_blank">skene</a> linked, and yes they cost more, but that's what works.If you want to go real cheap you can do this.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.cnet.com/videos/make-your-own-ring-light-for-portraits/" target="_blank">Make your own ring light for portraits video - CNET</a>&nbsp; If nothing else it will give you an idea of the size of the light source with respect to the camera size needed to create the effect.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 542967, member: 9240"] The ring light you show can give you that effect, but understand with reflections a lot depends on proximity and size of the light. The light you're showing is meant more as a macro/closeup light and not for portraits. At 8-10 feet away the ring in the reflection will almost appear as a huge round light because the gap in the middle is only a couple inches wide. You're going to need to be [I]really[/I] close to your subject, and that presents you with another problem because a wide focal length is generally horrible for portraits. The ring lights that portrait photographers use are much wider, like the one @[URL="http://nikonites.com/member-13155-skene.html"]skene[/URL] linked, and yes they cost more, but that's what works. If you want to go real cheap you can do this. [URL="http://www.cnet.com/videos/make-your-own-ring-light-for-portraits/"]Make your own ring light for portraits video - CNET[/URL] If nothing else it will give you an idea of the size of the light source with respect to the camera size needed to create the effect. [/QUOTE]

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