Naming: Let’s take a quick excursion into the past right at the beginning and see why the Rembrandt Light is called Rembrandt Light. :-) The artist and painter Rembrandt (whose full name actually was “Rembrandt van Rijn”) used a certain lighting style (portrait lighting) for many of his famous paintings and graphics. For many years, Rembrandt intensively studied the effects ... Read More »
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Chapter 6: Lighting Design the Easy Way – Secrets of the Inverse-Square Law of Light
Improve Your Photography Skills – Secrets of the Inverse-Square Law of Light Revealed In this blog post, I would like to share some insights with you regarding the connection of aperture and inverse-square law of light as well as their effects on light fall-off. Let me ease you into this topic by explaining the aperture first. Aperture Stops (f-Stops) Switching ... Read More »
Chapter 4: Just before your camera goes ‘click”
You should always have a plan in mind before you’d take your expensive camera and widely start shooting. How would you like your desired picture to look like? A good plan is more than half the battle and as well kepps you from having hundreds of unused pictures on your SD card or computer. Strt working more effectively! The ... Read More »
Chapter 3: Light formers / types of light / lighting design
Types of light: Soft light: Soft light, indirect light or also known as diffuse light, is produced through extensive light sources. We know diffuse light from nature, for example sunshine falling through a cloudy sky. A great characteristc of it is its uniform illumination and its minimization of shadows. Their contours are blurry and very soft. In studio photography you ... Read More »
Chapter 1: How to set up your camera manually
In today’s online blog tutorial we’ll learn about the manual basic functions and settings of a modern reflex camera. Manually settings (M) By adjusting the settings manually, we make sure that we’re able to work correctly in our photo studio. We can change the aperture, ISO and the exposure time. Adding on to this, we’ll talk about the manual white ... Read More »
How to Create Documentations, School and Workshop Material with set.a.light?
Learn how you can easily recreate the making of a photo shoot even though the studio equipment used for the initial setup is already back in storage? We show you, for example, how you can view the lighting setup on your blog from any possible perspective. Every newbie and curious photographer is incredibly interested to find out what it looks ... Read More »