Ex nihilo – out of nothing

This section is about using studio lights to control how you shape form:

Things to consider are:

• Quality – hard or soft, modifiers, diffused
• Contrast – the difference between highlights and the shadows, low key, high key, wrapped around
• Direction – where is the light coming from, which is the key light, or fill light, create drama, bring out the form of the subject
• Colour – add colour with gels, or reflectors (i.e. gold to warm skin tones)

Lighting guide