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The Light and How to Swing It

ByWilliam Beem Updated onJuly 9, 2021

One of the things that I really liked about the Zack Arias OneLight DVD was a photograph he showed to illustrate the Inverse Square Law, or in simpler terms, light fall-off. In it the photo, he marked off the light meter readings to show the f/stop of light as it traveled away from its source….

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Learning About Lighting
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Learning About Lighting

ByWilliam Beem Updated onFebruary 3, 2012

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve had some conversations online with friends who are taking some first steps into learning lighting for portrait photography. They run into issues, they pose questions, and a number of folks try to respond.  This kind of scenario plays out routinely on message boards. It’s not limited to photography,…

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