THE ART OF LUMINOSITY PART 2
It’s all about the light!” How often do we hear this refrain when discussing photography? But, there are many times we don’t see the light for what it is.
In part one of this article series, we talked about how light is recorded and translated into a digital image. We also reviewed the concept of dynamic range and how to read and use histograms to maximize the dynamic range in your photographs. Part two is about learning to “see” the light and understand how a scene will translate to a digital image.
Capturing perfect light in your images depends on two things: your ability to see it accurately, and your ability to capture the light within the limits of the dynamic range of your camera. The light falling on a landscape can be a complex mix of both direct and indirect light. It’s critical to understand how to balance complex lighting patterns in a single image.
Including the light source in a scene increases the contrast ratio, makes it more difficult to calculate an accurate exposure and often results in a photograph that’s less appealing to our eye. Trained photographers often work with reflected light or “luminance” light,
