Lighting tells us lots of special things. It tells us whether the environment is secure or not. It tells us whether or not we can rely on our scene.There is a reason why young ones are frightened of the dark, and this essay proves we have never truly grown out of that. But, not all photographs with intense shadow areas create this feeling of fear. In reality depending on how we set up the image, and photograph it, we can actually create something really attention-grabbing.
Light also has an effect on tone, texture, vibrancy and our background environment. We can be in charge of our lighting in lots of ways; f-stop, shutter speed, using the flash, fine tuning the brightness of the light from the flash, using other lighting sources, using a single lighting source, making use of filters, altering our photos in Photoshop, moving a person from a shady space to a window and many more things. It's crucial to work with light because it helps you reveal your story. And story telling is what taking photos is all about.
When you want a well lit picture but can't produce it, it can be tremendously hard. This can include situations like shooting speedy motion indoors, without the subject being too blurred. This is nearly unworkable so we then use additional lighting sources to help us get more light so we can speed up the shutter. We speed up the shutter so we don't photograph any blur. In a case like this we might use the light from the flash, utilise a higher ISO to make the camera more sensitive to light or employ other light sources.
On saying that though, now and then you will not need a well lit picture. At times you might want to create something really moody and intense, or on the other hand, gentle and romantic. This may demand dim or little or a very small amount of lighting. You can still get excellent images with a small amount of light.
Many wedding and portrait photos are used with quite soft light. It makes the story and overall image look gentle. Window light is an illustration of how light that can do this. There are other ways to capture lovely photos using a small amount of light. I've done it lots of times. It takes time but before long you will appreciate lighting and be able to create the mood and feeling you wish for.
You don't always have to photograph people when shooting with diffused light. You can place an emphasis on the outline of an object. You might only want to highlight certain things and not others. Let's take a look at an example of a photo I took with this exact theme in mind.
Canon 5D, F5.6, 1/250th of a second, ISO 4000, 105mm.
In this photo here I captured my husband's fingers. He was in his studio drawing up measurements for his next painting. As I watched his hands move smoothly over the canvas I couldn't help thinking how beautiful the lighting was. It cast a diffused and a yellowy orange light over the whole space. I sought to capture the softness of the movement, by preserving the lighting on particular components of the image and not others.
Light also has an effect on tone, texture, vibrancy and our background environment. We can be in charge of our lighting in lots of ways; f-stop, shutter speed, using the flash, fine tuning the brightness of the light from the flash, using other lighting sources, using a single lighting source, making use of filters, altering our photos in Photoshop, moving a person from a shady space to a window and many more things. It's crucial to work with light because it helps you reveal your story. And story telling is what taking photos is all about.
When you want a well lit picture but can't produce it, it can be tremendously hard. This can include situations like shooting speedy motion indoors, without the subject being too blurred. This is nearly unworkable so we then use additional lighting sources to help us get more light so we can speed up the shutter. We speed up the shutter so we don't photograph any blur. In a case like this we might use the light from the flash, utilise a higher ISO to make the camera more sensitive to light or employ other light sources.
On saying that though, now and then you will not need a well lit picture. At times you might want to create something really moody and intense, or on the other hand, gentle and romantic. This may demand dim or little or a very small amount of lighting. You can still get excellent images with a small amount of light.
Many wedding and portrait photos are used with quite soft light. It makes the story and overall image look gentle. Window light is an illustration of how light that can do this. There are other ways to capture lovely photos using a small amount of light. I've done it lots of times. It takes time but before long you will appreciate lighting and be able to create the mood and feeling you wish for.
You don't always have to photograph people when shooting with diffused light. You can place an emphasis on the outline of an object. You might only want to highlight certain things and not others. Let's take a look at an example of a photo I took with this exact theme in mind.
Canon 5D, F5.6, 1/250th of a second, ISO 4000, 105mm.
In this photo here I captured my husband's fingers. He was in his studio drawing up measurements for his next painting. As I watched his hands move smoothly over the canvas I couldn't help thinking how beautiful the lighting was. It cast a diffused and a yellowy orange light over the whole space. I sought to capture the softness of the movement, by preserving the lighting on particular components of the image and not others.
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Amy Renfrey is a professional photography teacher. She shows you how to take stunning photos every single time, even if you have never used a digital camera before. To discover how to take good photos/ better than ever before visit her website today.
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