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The Lazy Photographer- Photo Blog See the light, Topics
The Lazy Photographer- Photo Blog See the light, Topics
See the light, Topics
I have been working on my Seeing the light Workshop... what every photographer needs to know....
This is a preliminary list of topics I plan to cover.
- Darkness is the natural state, light has to be added.
- Light travels in one direction only.
- Light comes from many directions at once
- Light does not bend
- Light from an object only contains colours that are not absorbed
- There is no such thing as hard or soft light
- How to create hard, soft and diffused light.
- Light is simple to control
- Light is difficult to control
- intensity is constant with distance
- Intensity drops with distance.
- Colour,
- Direction
- How to use this information
Anything I missed?
Added after comments below (thanks Chris)
What does the camera see... not the same as the eye
Why are all light sources not created equal... and knowing what each has to offer.
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Comments
Yes this will be covered, but I will not get drawn into the argument if it is 18% grey or 12% grey...
Adding a section on how light is created would be good.
Usage of Natural light vs strobes vs speed lights etc is more of the practical session "learning how to see" that will be happening in the afternoon.
I do have to add what the camera sees and what the light meter sees
The light distance "question" is good to know if you shoot portraits..not as important if you shoot sports or insects in macro.
I want this section to be about light that every photographer needs to know about light.
something that always gets their attention...; you have a paying client sitting in your chair, you're shooting with one light. whats the correct distance for that strobe to be from the subject?
I spent a little time with master portrait photographer Jim Schmelzer and that was the very first thing 'thrown' at me. Gut reaction was to say there wasn't one...ironically there was, he uses Rembrandt lighting and the distance has to do with the triangle from nose to lip corner....
I've used it since...and its wonderfully effective
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