Poring Over the Picture
My mantra about lighting is this: “To create interesting light, you have to create
interesting shadows. So look at the light and think about the shadows.” In this shot
of a lacquered ball, the shadows tell you everything about the lighting: the number
of lights, their locations, and their size relative to the subject.
Canon 60D
ISO 200
1/200 sec.
f/
47mm
Two Speedlites
and Apollo softbox
The soft edges of this shadow
reveal that this light source was
much larger than the ball. I used
a Westcott Apollo softbox (with
a Speedlite inside) to allow the
light to wrap around the ball.
