Page 108 - Lighting the Unlightable Volume 1 #1

 Well, I have learned from experience, that the
volume of light can be rendered consistent when:

 The light from all sources "intersects" 2-3 feet
in front of the object I am photographing. Here, it

was closer to 1.5 feet. This was why I used the re-
flector to push the light up and away from her.

 It isn't enough to break the light in front of
the object I am photographing. I need to push light

behind the object as well. Diagram Three shows
where I placed the lights.

 It is important to keep in mind that space

shapes light. In more concrete terms, the shape of
the room and everything in it shape how light will

fill the space. In this case, the dresser was more
important than it might have appeared to be. Light
from the reflector near the table would reflect

off the dresser and intersect light from the other
strobes.

 Finally, I placed a B4 strobe in the door to the

bathroom as much to stop light from the bedroom
from "disappearing" into it, as much as I used it to

fill the space to my right, her left.
Diagram Four shows - in very simplistic terms - how the light

from the strobes filled the room. It is important to note that
light reflects at the compliment of the angle with which it

strikes an object. This is true when light "strikes" light as
well. In fact, my goal whenever I am working is to break as
much light as possible.

We won't get into a debate about how - and if - light can be
broken, here. That is best left to theoretical physicists.

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