Digital Photography Techniques
All about Lighting
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.
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Other tutorials in this section
Introduction page.
Getting the best out of the sun.
Filling in the shadows.
Break away from the in-camera flash.
Soften those shadows.
A quick remedy in Photoshop.
An introduction to indoor lighting.
A bit of Physics for those who feel the need.