5. The Five M’s of Studio Lighting
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Before you can think out of the box, you have to start with a box.
—Twyla Tharp
Every photographic endeavor starts with a vision—a glimmer of what you want the end result to be. Then begins the selection process of lighting tools and techniques to bring that vision to life. Ironically, the very process of learning to use new tools and techniques can cloud your creative vision for a time until the skills become second nature.
When learning something new, I try to break the basic skills into bite-sized chunks that I can get my mind around quickly. In this chapter I outline ...
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