"Let there be light" - the Grand Creator (Gen. 1:3)
Imagine if there wouldn't be any light. It's a simple fact: We need light, we just can't live without it. Life is dependent of light, but it's also essential for photography. Probably the single most important thing in photography is light. Actually without light, it would be pretty difficult to make an image. When I started, I didn't care. For me it was enough if there is enough light so that I don't need a tripod, who cares about the quality of the photons! but actually there is quite a big difference in the quality of the light and in images made in and with good light. It really is good light vs. bad light. Much light doesn't necessarily mean good light and a little light don't mean that you can't make an nice image. So what is bad light? dull, harsh, light that just won't do anything to your image or even worse, light that ruins your picture. This of course doesn't mean that you shouldn't press the shutter when the light is bad, it just requires more from your subject and composition and even a bit more imagination from your part as a photographer. What's good light then? It's the light that creates some mood in to the image. Light that makes your subject look better. It can be hard light or it can be soft light. It can be warm or cold. There might be lots of it or just a tiny little streak of it. Whatever, it just looks good and thus your image looks good. Here's a few samples of (in my opinion) gooood light...
Imagine if there wouldn't be any light. It's a simple fact: We need light, we just can't live without it. Life is dependent of light, but it's also essential for photography. Probably the single most important thing in photography is light. Actually without light, it would be pretty difficult to make an image. When I started, I didn't care. For me it was enough if there is enough light so that I don't need a tripod, who cares about the quality of the photons! but actually there is quite a big difference in the quality of the light and in images made in and with good light. It really is good light vs. bad light. Much light doesn't necessarily mean good light and a little light don't mean that you can't make an nice image. So what is bad light? dull, harsh, light that just won't do anything to your image or even worse, light that ruins your picture. This of course doesn't mean that you shouldn't press the shutter when the light is bad, it just requires more from your subject and composition and even a bit more imagination from your part as a photographer. What's good light then? It's the light that creates some mood in to the image. Light that makes your subject look better. It can be hard light or it can be soft light. It can be warm or cold. There might be lots of it or just a tiny little streak of it. Whatever, it just looks good and thus your image looks good. Here's a few samples of (in my opinion) gooood light...
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