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Figure 4-18.Lighting directions.

exposed during bright sun on light sand or snow, bright

direction from which the light is falling on your subject,

sun, cloudy bright, and cloudy conditions are for scenes

you may have to compensate the camera exposure.

that are front-lighted only. The direction of the light

There are three basic lighting directions with which you

source from heavy overcast or open shade conditions

must become familiar. These lighting directions are as

does not affect exposure because it is extremely diffused

follows: frontlighting, side lighting, and backlighting

and the direction is not apparent.

(fig. 4-18).

The amount of light reflected from the scene

Frontlighting.

Whenever light originates from

changes, as the direction of the light changes. As the

behind the camera and illuminates the front of the

lighting direction is changed from in front of the subject

subject, it is called frontlighting. A subject appears

to behind the subject, the amount of light reflected from

brightest and reflects the most light toward the camera

the subject is reduced; therefore, depending on the

when the subject is front-lighted.

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