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Photographic Lighting Lesson 4
Building on what I discussed in the last article, let’s take even more control of the white-wall background. Below is a series of shots showing that the wall can be made any color we desire (assuming we have colored gels) using a simple flash.
To produce this effect I set the flash on the floor and [...]
Photographic Lighting Lesson 3
The Book Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting is a true classic on photographic lighting and I recommend highly that you borrow, or buy a copy and take your time reading and thinking about it.
I realize that for many this is impossible or simply not the way you learn best. I certainly [...]
Photographic Lighting Lesson 2
The next thing I learned about lighting was really something about my camera. This lesson came to me from Bryan Peterson’s excellent book entitled “Understanding Exposure“. In this book, Bryan showed me how to use the meter in the camera in more than just its default mode. By spot metering you can often create an [...]
I was in Helsinki Finland (on business) recently and ran into John Jordan, a photographer who chronicles extreme sports and the Finnish countryside and culture. John is a great guy and has written a book entitled simply Finland containing some of his work. I encourage you to drop by John’s site. Tell him I sent you.
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