Chapter 2. Choose Good Light

Although your natural inclination may be to focus your attention on your subject and compose carefully to get the shots you want, you can greatly improve your photography if you put an equal amount of time into evaluating and controlling light. What often distinguishes really good photographs from all the rest is how light is used to capture the photograph. Depending on the kinds of subjects you shoot, you may need to work exclusively with natural light, or you may be able to use a combination of natural and artificial light.

After you have decided what you want to shoot and you have a vision of the kind of shots you want, carefully consider the characteristics of the available light if you are shooting with natural ...

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