Lighting tells us lots of special things. It shows us whether the environment is trustworthy or not. It tells us whether or not we can believe our surroundings.There is a good reason children are fearful of the dark, and this essay shows that we have never truly grown out of that. Though, not all images with strong shadow areas capture this feeling of trepidation. The truth is based on the way we set up the image, and photograph it, we can actually generate something really fascinating.
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 need a well lit image but can't produce it, it can be tremendously difficult. This can consist of situations like shooting speedy movement indoors, without the subject being too blurry. This is nearly impossible so we then use additional lighting options to help us get additional light so we can speed up the shutter. We speed up the shutter so we don't shoot any blur. In a case like this we could use the flash, use a higher ISO to make the camera more receptive to light or use other lighting 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 photographs are used with very soft lighting. It makes the story and complete shot look gentle. Light from a window is an example of how lighting that can accomplish this. There are other ways to shoot lovely photos using very little light. I've done it many times. It takes time but soon you will know lighting and be able to create the mood and feeling you require.
You don't always have to capture people when using soft light. You can place an emphasis on the outline of an object. You could only want to emphasise 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 need a well lit image but can't produce it, it can be tremendously difficult. This can consist of situations like shooting speedy movement indoors, without the subject being too blurry. This is nearly impossible so we then use additional lighting options to help us get additional light so we can speed up the shutter. We speed up the shutter so we don't shoot any blur. In a case like this we could use the flash, use a higher ISO to make the camera more receptive to light or use other lighting 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 photographs are used with very soft lighting. It makes the story and complete shot look gentle. Light from a window is an example of how lighting that can accomplish this. There are other ways to shoot lovely photos using very little light. I've done it many times. It takes time but soon you will know lighting and be able to create the mood and feeling you require.
You don't always have to capture people when using soft light. You can place an emphasis on the outline of an object. You could only want to emphasise 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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