knowing the pics

  As all of our previous blogs are about lighting types, one may wonder, how to produce these type of lighting  when we are on a low budget? Because most of the lighting shown and discussed are produced in a studio with controlled environment. We may be low on our budget, but not on our skills. This is the time to look our surroundings and make the desired light on our  AFTERNOON SUNLIGHT :  The afternoon sunlight which we encounter on our daily basis is a hard-light. That means it creates hard shadows and it shows texture sharply(pretty rough actually). When we have subjects like close-up of a tree bark/close-up of a hard rocky surface/ to capture the shadows in more detailed way, etc., we can make use of natural hard sunlight. Well, working in hard sunlight is quite a challenge. We need to have a little patience while we are shooting our subjects in afternoon hard sunlight. As we said earlier, hard light is extremely good for shadows. With the help of hard light, we can show the deta

  In the  previous blogs , we got to know the divisions of light based on the direction of light. And we have encountered that how the light effected the quality of the picture. Sometimes, it made our picture smooth, and sometimes as a black body and sometimes as a smooth textured subject.  Based on the light direction and light intensity, light is classified/divided into so many types. Until now  we have seen  front, back and soft light , hard, rim and loop light . And we got to know where to use each of them. So with that being said, let's start DIVISIONS OF LIGHT PART-3 aka BROAD & SHORT & BUTTERFLY LIGHT. BOARD LIGHT : Broad lighting is a type of lighting setup where the area of a subject's face that is facing the camera is lit more brightly. It's like placing the light source in-front of the subject(not exactly, just as an simle interpretation). Broad lighting is typically less flattering for a subject because it widens the face. Broad lighting illuminates the