"Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it.
But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth,
and you will know the key to photography".
-- George Eastman, one of the founders of Kodak
Lighting
Light creates shadows, and shadows in return, enhances the
appearance of the subject. The interaction of the two is
fascinating. Light can make the subject feisty or dull while
shadows can make it mysterious or terrifying.
Shadows add facet and meaning to an image. Without shadows
the object may appear plain and boring. Lights and shadows
establish the correlation of one object to another and their
place in the full scene. The position and strength of the
lights and shadows also set the general mood of the subject.
Lighting Tutorials
The beginner's guide to natural light and how to use it to take great photos
https://www.canva.com/learn/beginners-guide-natural-light-use-take-great-photos/
Beginners Light Guide - What Are The Different Types Of Light In Photography (and how to use them)?
https://robynsphotographyacademy.com/light-guide-how-to-use-different-types-of-light-in-photography/
Some Lighting Facts You should know
http://www.popphoto.com/gallery/top-10-photography-lighting-facts-you-should-know
Time Lapse Photography -- Over 20 years (note the lighting) (5+ min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfqpqiTMUEg
A Dutch filmmaker has updated one of the more compelling
uses of time-lapse photography techniques online. Frans
Hofmeester has filmed his daughter, Lotte, every week since
her birth in 1999 until a braces-wearing teenager.
How Mushroom Time-Lapses Are Filmed | WIRED (8+ min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yq0_mqN97s
Photo Assignment - Master Exposure and Exposure Lock
Ansel Adams - Moonrise over Hernandes
https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/NYR/2014_NYR_03457_0001_000(ansel_adams_moonrise_hernandez_northern_new_mexico_1941).jpg
How To Set The Correct Exposure For Stunning iPhone Photos. (19 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h1qFnsCTzE
Photograph the Moon controlling the exposure so we can see
the detail (Maria) on the Moon's surface. Focus on the Moon
and adjust the exposure to see the surface detail. The Moon
can be photographed during the day or night. You can do it!
Moonrise is about 50 minites later each day.
New Moon (Apr.08, 2024) -- also total solar eclipse
Rises: about Sunrise
Sets: about Sunset
First Quarter Moon (Apr.15, 2024)
Rises about Noon
Sets about Midnight
Full Moon (Apr.23, 2024, 2024)
Rises: at Sunset
Sets: about Sunrise
Book Recommendations
Sarah Greenough
ON THE ART OF FIXING A SHADOW
Bullfinch Press.; First Edition edition (1989)
ISBN-10: 0821217577
ISBN-13: 978-0821217573
Jay Ruby
Secure the Shadow: Death and Photography in America
MIT Press (July 23, 1999)
ISBN-10: 0262681099
ISBN-13: 978-0262681094
Secure the Shadow uses a combination of cultural
anthropology and visual analysis to explore the photographic
representations of death in the United States from 1840 to
the present. It looks at the ways in which people have taken
and used photographs of deceased loved ones and their
funerals to mitigate the finality of death.
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