Welcome to LIGHTING

[Sime]

Lighting, this section has been a long time coming!! Now it's here and we're looking forward to seeing everything and anything "lighting"

Flash / Strobe / Battery powered / Whatever you guys use, we can talk about it and get all light and dark right here, in this forum...

*just a note, I know someone will ask*
What's Ghetto Lighting? Ghetto lighting is where you use any light source that's not a "photographic light" and not "the sun" ...So, a desk lamp etc...

Here's an example of "Ghetto Lighting"
(Which incidentally also goes with my coffee theme today!)

[zespri]

fantastic, I'm so pleased this section is here. Lighting is very intimidating.

[JodyGall]

I just noticed this section! Yaayy! I"m just now starting to experiment with lights, so this is perfect!

[Sime]

Originally Posted by zespri

fantastic, I'm so pleased this section is here. Lighting is very intimidating.

Don't be scared! *step into the light*... *whacks head on light, ouch* ..err, yes, clearly I need sleep!

ha!.. Yes, this should be a great forum section!!

welcome!

[Mr Guy]

Thought this may be helpful to have in the sticky:

Handy Lighting Style/Blog/Tutorial Links
The Strobist
Planet Neil (The anti-strobist)
RussHeath's DIY Striplight Studio (Excellent for advice on cheap hotlights!)



Lighting Definitions - We often throw words out and just assume you've read the same books or tried the same techniques we have, so I'm trying to make a list of the terms that I've seen confuse people or confused me with not-quite definitions to explain them

Bounce - Aiming your light at a nearby object/wall/ceiling in order to reflect the light as larger and softer onto the subject

Butterfly lighting - Used often for glamor type lighting, uses a large soft light placed directly above the camera angled sharply downward and a matching fill light or reflector directly below the camera to create even lighting across a face. Named for distinctive under the nose shadow

Catchlights - The bright spots in reflective surfaces (eg eyes) that reveal the size and shape of the lighting used

Gels - Semi-opaque plastic materials put between a light source and the scene to adjust the color of the light

Hotlights - Always on lights, includes lamps, spotlights, candles, whatever IE Not flashes

Ringlight - Flash or flash modifier that generally is designed to surround the lens in order to provide soft extremely even lighting (and often provide bright catch lights in the model's eyes.) Often used in glamor type shots.

Strobist - Popularized by the blog above, it's the approach of using a small number (usually one) light off the camera to light your subject while taking advantage of available light when possible

[candleman]

nice Mr Guy!

good idea for a section.. loving it already.

[lputman]

Great timing for this section to begin! Thanks!

[gh patriot]

I hope to be en-lightened with this section of the forums

[RussHeath]

Well it's about time . . . so glad this is added to the forum!

And thanks for moving my lighting tutorials on over.

[Sime]

Originally Posted by RussHeath

Well it's about time . . . so glad this is added to the forum!

And thanks for moving my lighting tutorials on over.

And brilliant tutorials they are - thanks for letting us have them here, Russ.

Sime