Lighting Ratios

Good Photography Discussion on an approach to lighting a subject. <Strobist>

Photographer approach to location lighting <joeMcNally>

Understanding Lighting Ratios <vividlight.com>

Lighting Ratios for Portraiture <cameradojo>

Lighting Ratios and Incident Metering Demystified <Super.Nova.Org>

Manual Flash Lighting Ratios <Super.Nova.Org>

#4 Class Notes Using Calumet Strobe & Soft Box

We went through the Calumet Studio Flash system (#2) with a Chimera softbox.

The demo illustrated proper incident meter technique.

We began the semester long discussion of Lighting Ratios. (pg 62-63 in the Photographic Lighting textbook 4th Edition.)

Here is an article that helps explain it.

Here is a useful chart to print out.

Here is a link to another Flash meter Calibration technique.

I want to continue our discussions of Light. Understanding the nature of light. (pg 11 in the Photographic Lighting textbook 4th Edition.)
Here are some of the Light Characteristics.

-Source
-Intensity
-Quality
-Direction
-Contrast
-Color