Category Archives: Light

SLC-0L-02: Shiny Object, Using an iPhone and the Sun ~ Strobist

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Pat Haugen

Whether photographing people or objects, how you approach your lighting is far more important than what camera and lighting gear you use. To illustrate, today we are going to photograph a complex, mirrored surface—an alto saxophone—using just an iPhone for … Continue reading →

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Lighting 103: Using Gels to Shift the Ambient ~ Strobist

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Pat Haugen

Abstract: By combining a white balance shift in your camera with a complementary gelling of your flash, you can easily and efficiently alter the ambient color temperature of an entire environment. In addition to controlling the color of light from … Continue reading →

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Types of Light in Photography ~ Kelly Hudak

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Pat Haugen

Moving into the structural elements of light enhances photographic skill. Light quality is infinite and changes all the time, yet once appreciated and acknowledged, its variables are intriguing. Photographers have the unique opportunity to control light and as a result, … Continue reading →

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Nature Photography: Tips for Great Cloudy Day Photos ~

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Pat Haugen

Nature photography relies on your sensitivity to the natural light above all else. You have surely heard that for good landscape photography, you generally want sunny conditions, early or late in the day when the light is low and soft. … Continue reading →

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Light for Photographers ~ Colin Aiken

Posted on February 13, 2016 by Pat Haugen

Light is the essence of photography. It’s not things that we photograph, but the light they reflect. Without light, there is no photography. The way things look to us and the camera is entirely dependent on the light that reaches … Continue reading →

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Interesting Photo of the Day: Sunset Refraction

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Pat Haugen

Digitally manipulated images get a lot of heat across the internet, but does that mean they are any less artistic or awesome? In the case of the photo below, which was created with an app called PIP Camera See…

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Tips for Using Flash to Enhance Outdoor Nature and Landscape Photography ~ David Shaw

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Pat Haugen

Late on a winter evening, I was photographing atop a ridge in Colorado’s Front Range. I had been working on some landscape shots, but with the light fading from the sky, the thought of beer and food was beginning to … Continue reading →

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Shadows and Highlights: The Mark of Excellence ~ Tedric Garrison

Posted on October 24, 2015 by Pat Haugen

Back in the days of black and white photography, I worked in a darkroom as a lab assistant, and sometimes students would make the mistake of asking me what I thought. If they wanted to learn this was not a … Continue reading →

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THE IMPORTANCE OF LIGHT: THE FIVE LIGHTS OF NATURE ~ Breathing Colour Blog

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Pat Haugen

Light is one of the fundamental tools that artists and photographers use to create depth, shape and drama in their work. It is the basic tonal ranges and values that stretch a two-dimensional canvas into the illusion of three dimensions. … Continue reading →

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Tips for Using Shadows in Photography ~ Ron Bigelow

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Pat Haugen

Photographers tend to pay a lot of attention to light. In fact, we often think of light as one of the most important aspects of photography. On the other hand, shadows may seem to be less important – simply a … Continue reading →

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