In glamour photography, we deal
with the human form and psyche.
Can you imagine what would go
through your models’ minds if you
were struggling with your lighting
gear during a shoot? Perhaps the
model will perceive that you’re still
learning, or worse yet, lose total con-
fidence in your ability to create great
images.
Color.Light comes in many col-
ors and can produce colors not often
seen by the human eye but captured
in its exact spectral color. For exam-
ple, traditional fluorescent light is
white to the naked eye, but when
captured on daylight-balanced film or
on a digital camera’s sensor, it has a
green cast. Daylight-balanced (5000
Kelvin) fluorescent lights produce
light that is more similar to daylight.
Therefore, in this light, colors appear
normal.
Incandescent light (e.g., the light
emitted from a typical household
bulb) appears normal to the human
eye, but the digital camera and film
see it as a warmer, more red-yellow
light, usually the same as tungsten, in
LIGHTING BASICS 23Here, I captured Holley only with the
natural sunlight, taking advantage of
the warmer tone close to sunset. The
wind added action to the image, thus
making it more powerful. (CAMERA:
Canon EOS 5D fitted with a Canon
70–200mm f/2.8L IS USM lens.
SETTINGS:200mm effective focal
length,^1 / 200 shutter speed, f/4.5,
white balance at 6000K, ISO 100)