Reader's Comments - Index of - Free

photo.net
Light
Sign In/Register •
Search
● Classifieds
● Shop
● Travel
● Learn
● Equipment
● Forums
● Gallery
● Community
Light
by Philip
Greenspun
Home : Learn : Making Photographs : One Article
My personal definition of photography is "the recording of light rays." It is therefore difficult to take a
decent picture if you have not chosen the lighting carefully.
Sunlight
"He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from
experience, like a guy who went blind because he looked at
a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in
it and now goes around the country speaking at high schools
about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one
of those boxes with a pinhole in it."
-- Joseph Romm
You can get plenty of light out of the sun, that's for sure. However,
you might have to wait a bit if you want the light to have the quality that you need for your picture.
At high noon on a clear day, the sun is extremely strong. It generates a hard light with deep crisp
shadows. It also is coming from directly overhead.
Portraits in Sunlight
http://www.photo.net/making-photographs/light (1 of 22)7/3/2005 2:22:38 AM