Lighting Photo Workshop

To say that light is integral to photography is just scratching the surface. This book is just scratching
the surface of all the angles and colors and direction that light can present to you in the viewfinder.
As a photographer, you need light on the subject to create an image, but to create a great image,
you need to get the best light you can on the subject.
Great light can come in many ways. Sometimes it just happens, and other times it takes time and
patience to create or shape the light in your photographs. Take the time to wait for a few minutes
to see whether the light changes, and savor the moments that you are shooting or waiting to shoot
because you are not just seeing things through the camera, you are experiencing life happening
before your eyes. Then you can take that slice of life home with you.
I hope that the images inspire you, if nothing more than to just take your camera with you or to keep it
close to you for when the light is happening. Even more, I hope the images inspire you to try new
things. Use the images here as guides and signposts so that you can recognize the things happening in
your own images and better know how to capture the images that you see in your mind.
One of the goals that I had for this book was to show how it is possible to create better photographs
with light that is there, no matter whether it is great light or not. This entails some testing and practice
and trying new things, but that discovery is so exciting. When you begin to realize the skills that
you are developing because you can better see and work with light, your photography becomes like second
nature.