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Understanding Light Articles

7 Useful Ideas to Get Better Photographs With an On-Camera Flash

Understanding Light
By Ritesh Saini / January 7, 2014

Do you ever feel the need to have an artificial light source when photographing? You don’t have to look any further, as you probably already have a useful tool at your disposal – the much-maligned on-camera flash. This can fulfill many of your lighting needs during times when you absolutely need additional lighting and the […]

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The Secrets to Using Bounced Light to Make Your Photos Pop

Understanding Light
By Kent DuFault / November 26, 2013

In the pursuit of photography, light is everything. But, sometimes we’re put into situations where the available light isn’t very good, or it isn’t enough, or, it’s coming from the wrong direction. When faced with this dilemma, we have but one choice, to add light of our own. This can present difficulties. Perhaps, we don’t […]


Understanding and Harnessing the Flexibility of Artificial Light

Understanding Light
By Jason D. Little / November 10, 2013

Since light is a necessary ingredient for making a photo, we have to decide how we’re going to light the photos we make. At its most basic level, this is a really simple consideration — you have two options: natural light or artificial light. But the more you dig into the broad topic of lighting […]


3 Simple Ways to Make Sure You’re Getting Good Exposures

Understanding Light
By Jason D. Little / November 6, 2013

I’ve always been one of those people that believes we should move away from using the term “correct exposure.” Not that it doesn’t have its place; obviously, when you’re starting out in photography you have to get a grasp of how the so-called exposure triangle works, and you do that — in part — by […]


How to Get Amazing Images from Shadows (15 Awesome Examples)

Understanding Light
By Kent DuFault / September 24, 2013

Photographing shadows is often overlooked as a creative subject for our photography, and we can understand why. Any photographer, or photographic professional, will tell you that photography is all about light. That’s true. But we see beauty in that little ugly duckling called shadows. We’ve been involved in photography for almost half a century, and […]


6 Ways to Reduce Blown Out Highlights in Your Outdoor Photography

Understanding Light
By Mark McGowan / August 19, 2013

Shooting outdoors means dealing with challenging and changing lighting conditions which can sometimes lead to blown out highlights in your images. ie. Groups of pixels in your image that are 100% white and show no detail. Taking the time to think about the way your camera is set up before heading out will help you […]


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