If you are not in control of light you are in a confusion of shadows and conflicting sources. When you know how to control lights you will amazed as to how few lights you need to make nice lighting.
March 1, 2006 (Press Release) --
When lighting a scene, you first must start with the understanding that each light has its own purpose. By building it up one by one you stay in control and you will basically be able to imitate a natural light completely created by yourself. Decide where your main source of light comes from and build it from there and remember there are not two suns.
If you are not in control of light you are in a confusion of shadows and conflicting sources. When you know how to control lights you will amazed as to how few lights you need to make nice lighting.
With good lighting you are trying to imitate real light and not make it look like you had lit it.
Take advantage of the differences in indoor and outdoor light. The indoor light is warmer (red) than outdoor light. Keep that and do not try to white balance to even out the difference in the color temperature and you will have a nice cozy indoor atmosphere.
If you are shooting on video, the way to make the video look good and not like plastic is to accept that there are different sources of light and make the color balance for the coldest light source (blue).
The best place to learn how to control light is to train as a still photographer and study that technique. That way you will learn how to set lights on a portrait, how to control light on different surfaces like silver objects, and as a bonus you also learn about framing.
And realize that learning light is not a quick study. Donald Kendall said: “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”
For more information about productions done by Asbjorn Christiansen go to http://www.SevenPictures.com
If you are not in control of light you are in a confusion of shadows and conflicting sources. When you know how to control lights you will amazed as to how few lights you need to make nice lighting.
With good lighting you are trying to imitate real light and not make it look like you had lit it.
Take advantage of the differences in indoor and outdoor light. The indoor light is warmer (red) than outdoor light. Keep that and do not try to white balance to even out the difference in the color temperature and you will have a nice cozy indoor atmosphere.
If you are shooting on video, the way to make the video look good and not like plastic is to accept that there are different sources of light and make the color balance for the coldest light source (blue).
The best place to learn how to control light is to train as a still photographer and study that technique. That way you will learn how to set lights on a portrait, how to control light on different surfaces like silver objects, and as a bonus you also learn about framing.
And realize that learning light is not a quick study. Donald Kendall said: “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”
For more information about productions done by Asbjorn Christiansen go to http://www.SevenPictures.com
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