ART 11380 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: White Buildings, Softbox, Light Meter
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"photography is all about light, composition, and, most importantly, emotion. " The direction, quality, color, and amount of light all influence the photograph. All of these factors influence the direction of the sun, its intensity, and the color. = In terms of lighting, three common terms are used to identify the direction of the light on the subject. Each of these directions creates a different effect on the subject, in both positive and negative ways: frontlighting occurs when the sun is at the back of the photographer. In other words, the light is directed toward the side of the object that the photographer is taking the picture of: putting the sun at your back to take a photograph is a common piece of advice. However, it does not always produce the best photograph: using frontlighting can create a photograph with a flattened appearance, this means that the details and depth of the photograph are obscured due to the direction of the light.
