Ebook: Portraiture Unplugged Natural Light Photography

About the Author ; Preface; SECTION 1 THE BASICS AND BEYOND ; The Natural Light Camera Room ; Strobe/Natural Light Correlation ; Jump Page: What Is the Inverse Square Law? ; Tools of the Trade; Understanding Exposure, Minimal Style ; Lenses ; White Balance; Reflector Placement; Portrait Light Patterns ; The Rhythym of Light ; Outdoor Subject Placement; SECTION 2 UNPLUGGED: NATURAL LIGHT IN PRACTICE; 1. Too Tuff; 2. The TIle Painter; 3. Down the Road ; 4. Camoflauge; 5. Stair Master; 6. Yellow and Blue ; 7. Skater Boy ; 8. Alley GIrl ; 9. Give Me Three Steps ; 10. RIver Watch;Good lighting is everything in portraiture. The right light sculpts our subjects, smooths the skin, evens skin tones, and helps create the feeling of a third dimension in a two-dimensional image. The gold standard of lighting has, for the better part of a century, been produced by artificial lights (hot lights or strobes) in the studio. These sources allow for precise lighting effects on demand. However, artificial light cannot match the beauty or ambience that gorgeous natural light creates#x97;and studio lighting can break the bank.In part 1 of this book, Carl Caylor introduces readers to a fail.