Asking Yourself Three Simple Questions
This approach to seeing is based on asking yourself three simple questions:
Where is the light coming from?
What is the quality of the light?
How much light do I have to work with?
The answers to these three questions are important because they open up your eyes not only to how the light impacts your subject, but also to what controls or features of your camera you need to adjust in order produce a successful image. But it has to begin with an awareness of the light.
In the following sections, I explain each of these three questions in greater detail.
Where is the light coming from?
Awareness of where the light is coming from—both its source and its direction—informs the settings you’ll use on your camera ...
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