Understanding Light In Photography
The importance of understanding light light as you will have understood from previous classes in this course is one of the six essentials for photography and understanding light and paying attention to it is one of the quickest ways to improve your photography.
Understanding light in photography. Landscape photography tips portrait photography tips photo composition tips beginner photography tips photo post processing tips get started with cameras and gear. Without light we do not have photography so understanding how light works is critical. In order to be a better photographer one needs to know how light works and how it affects everything around us. By julia kuzmenko mckim.
And it s precisely what kind of light we re talking about and what happens when it interacts with a subject that can make all the difference to your. In fact in portrait photography light is even more important than the subject and location. This is because without the proper use of light you can ruin the shot even with the best looking subject at the most awesome location in. Without light there is no photography and without understanding light you simply cannot become a great photographer.
Without getting technical i explain how and why visible light consists of a mixture of different colours why we see the world around us as having a vast array of colours and why the nature and indeed colour of the light around us varies with the time of day. In recent weeks a wonderful series of articles on the topic of light has been published by one of our wonderful members. Light is the basis for photography and photography simply means painting or drawing with light. How to read light in photography part 1.
Just like a painter needs to understand how paint is spread on a canvas a photographer is using light to. Light is what makes photography possible. Understanding the light behavior and the basic elements of exposure is necessary for any photographer. Understanding light and know how to control light is where we start making huge leaps and bounds in our photography.
A series of tutorials. Introduces the very nature of what light is and how it impacts upon the world of photography.