{"id":3672,"date":"2013-09-14T14:28:31","date_gmt":"2013-09-14T14:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3672"},"modified":"2023-09-30T11:34:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T11:34:09","slug":"lighting-flash-photography-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/lighting-flash-photography-important","title":{"rendered":"Its all about the lighting…."},"content":{"rendered":"

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After a shoot with personal trainer, Victoria Wood, she made the comment:-<\/p>\n

“who knew that lighting was such a big thing!”<\/p>\n

And it go me thinking about this blog…<\/p>\n

All we do as photographers is use a device which records light – it’s called a camera.<\/p>\n

We use things called “lenses”<\/a> to focus and manipulate the light – bringing things nearer, or making them look further away, getting everything sharp or blurring out things… it’s our main tool<\/p>\n

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However “lighting” is most important.<\/p>\n

For landscapes we rely on sun light – or the lack of it – to create the mood. A dull day is infinitely harder to work with than a red skied sunset.<\/p>\n

For portraits we can use sunlight, light from windows or ambient light in a building to good effect.<\/p>\n

But we are still not in control of that – all we can do is move the person around to best effect.<\/p>\n

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The true creativity is in adding light to a scene for the camera to record. This takes vision, technical knowledge, skill and vast amounts of practice – hundreds of hours if not more.<\/p>\n

Then we get our little box and its lens and record the lighting we have created.<\/p>\n

My friend and fellow photography trainer, Jayce Clarke, tells his delegates:-<\/p>\n

“Lighting first, lens second, camera body last”<\/p>\n

Without good light, even the best camera and lens will create an uninteresting photograph<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lighting is a constant creative challenge which can be added into any scene – landscapes, architecture, portraits, cars…. whatever genre you enjoy (except maybe wildlife) can include lighting.<\/p>\n

So if you’re not getting the shots you want, maybe its time to invest in learning how to add light to your work!<\/p>\n

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