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“Managing the Volume of
Lets re- Light is a function of unders-
turn to our discus- tanding the angle, direction
sion of the volume of light. and intensity of light”
Lets start by considering the following:
When light strikes an object two things se-
happen: light is reflected (essentially this quences.
is color) and the cohesiveness of the light For example, If I am
diminishes. Essentially, that means that photographing someone, they
the beam of light “breaks” into smaller might have dark circles under their
and smaller beams, rather like smas- eyes, or the back-ground might be so

hing a mirror into a thousand reflective bright that it is “burned out.”
shards. Managing the volume of light is the only way to resolve
This is where things get really interesting. these problems. Increasing the intensity of light doesn’t
When the volume of light is very high fix the problem. It will make things worse. Managing the
because the intensity of the light is very volume of light is about filling the space in a scene with as
high, the camera will see less color, detail much light as possible without increasing the intensity of
and contrast, so photos will look bland the light.
and will have less emotional impact.

There will also be some unintended con- Lets study the example on the next several pages.

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