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Photography Lighting Techniques

Photography Lighting Techniques

Coping with light, sunlight, overcast days, flash, fill in flash, studio lights, the Inverse Square Law.

Although I have divided the subject up into different categories, the lighting you 'find' and the lighting you create for yourself, it is really the same thing.

You need to manipulate the scene to create the effect you want, this might mean moving a light on a stand or moving your subject relative to the sun, or waiting for a better time of day to get the effect you want.

See below for a full list of tutorials in this section.

Other tutorials in this section

Lighting

Introduction page.

Available Light

Getting the best out of the sun.

Using Reflectors

Filling in the shadows.

Flash

Break away from the in-camera flash.

Red Eye Removal

A quick remedy in Photoshop.

Studio Lighting

An introduction to indoor lighting.

Inverse Square Law

A bit of Physics for those who feel the need.

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