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The 90-Percent Rule Of Lighting In Photography

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Tweet It’s About Absorption And Reflection You often hear about percentages, sometimes in statistics, like 75-percent of all statistics are made up, which often leaves you wondering about the accuracy of such numbers, but when it comes to photography, one percentage that is accurate is the 90-percent rule of lighting. It’s not just...

Photography Basics—Three And Four Light Set-Ups

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Tweet Start With The Basics First I still remember the film days of the old photography books I used to read, almost all recommended a three or four light setup, usually a main (key), fill, back and background light when working with artificial lighting, such as studio strobes or continuous tungsten light sources. These same lighting...

Break The Rule In Midday Photography

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Tweet No Need For A Lens Break A traditional rule in photography is to avoid harsh, midday sunlight, but like all rules in photography, learn the rules and then learn to break them effectively. While old school photographers will tell you that noon sunlight is a nightmare and you’re better off taking a siesta, I’ll tell you...

Silhouettes In Photography, A Moment In Time

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Tweet It’s Just Black And White Throughout life we see natural silhouettes in many forms, whether it’s driving down the highway with the Sun in our eyes as we pull the sun visor down to help us see the road, or the Sun setting over the ocean as a young couple walks by holding hands, but ultimately we see a stunning image. ...