Index

A

Accent lights, 99–100

Additive lighting, 29, 75–93

Adobe Lightroom, 108

Adobe Photoshop, 108

Angle of incidence/reflectance, 99–102

Assistant, working with, 62–63, 119

B

Background control, 56, 72, 83–85, 116–19

Background extractions, 100

Backlighting, 110–14

Basic daylight exposure, 20–24

Black flag, 57–58, 62

C

Clipping, highlight/shadow, 30–31

Clothing selection, 120

Color checkers, 26, 105

Color temperature, 103–8

Contours, revealing, 94–95

D

Daniel, Gregory, 8–9

Diffusing light, 50–56

Direction of light, 10–11, 29, 94–102, 115–6

Direct sun, 109–11

Dynamic range, 19–20, 111

E

Exposure, appropriate, 17–20, 20–24, 25–31

Exposure, balancing flash/ambient, 76–80

Exposure reciprocity, 16–17, 20–24

Expression, 124

Exterior lighting, adding, 121

Extractions, digital, 100

F

File formats, 108

Film photography, 11–13

Flash equipment, 85–86

Flash meters, 29, 75–93

Flash plus ambient, 29, 75–93, 120–23

Flash triggers, 85–86

Furniture, moving, 119

G

Garage doors, 66–67

Gray cards, 26, 105

H

Highlights, 30–31, 39–44

High-speed flash sync, 85

Histograms, 30–31

Home, client’s, 119–24

Hull, Rob, 44–45, 60–61, 64–65, 70, 118

I

Incident light meters, 27–29

Intensity, sun, 14–15

Inverse Square Law, 36–39

ISO setting, 11–13, 16

K

Kelvin settings, 103

Key shifting, 56, 72, 83–85

Kicker lights, 99–100

L

LCD screen

Light meters, 24–29

Light ratios, 72–74

Location portrait settings, 109–24

Location scouting, 119

Lundy, Mandy Lynn, 122–24

M

Metering, 17–20, 20–24, 24–31, 72–74, 76–80, 87–89, 96–99

O

Overhead light, blocking, 60–67

P

Panels, diffusion, 54–56

Panels, subtractive, 57–58

Percentage metering, flash, 87–89

Planning, 120

Porches, 64–65

Posing, 124

Postproduction, 104, 108

Profile lighting, 98–99, 102

Q

Quality of light, 32–49

R

Reciprocity, 16–17, 20–24

Reflected light meters, 25–27

Reflectors, 58, 68–74

S

Scrims, 54–56

Shadows, 30–31, 44–49

Size of light source, 34–36, 114

Softboxes, 52–54, 120

Subtracting light, 57–67

Sunlight, direct, 109–11

Sunlight, indirect, 113–14

Sunny 16 Rule, 20–24

Sunset, 19

T

Texture, revealing, 95–96

Three-dimensional contrast, 38–49

Time of day, 106–7, 111–13

Trees, 60–63

True tonality, 38–39

W

White balance, 103–8

Whitmire, Ken, 109

Window light, 113–19