Chapter 5: All About Lighting
It is impossible to discuss photography without discussing light. Photo, the root word in photography, comes from the Greek and essentially means light. This chapter covers the quality of light, how to tell whether light is hard or soft, and how the direction of light affects the look and feel of an image. The different types of light sources that you encounter, from natural to contiguous, are also covered, as well as flash basics and the light metering modes on the D3200. This chapter also takes a brief look at measuring light and the camera’s built-in light meter.
Sometimes, light is actually the subject of the image. Using a black board behind the candles, I adjusted the exposure controls until I had something a little moody.
