My Journey in Learning to Light
Raymond Photography © 2010
I’ve been shooting for several years now and the one thing that is always a work in progress is learning to light my subjects. I’ve used continuous lights, small strobes, sunlight, big strobes, and even flash lights to light my subjects in order to get the shots that I want. I believe there is always something to learn in lighting and the learning never stops. As a photographer, I’m always facing unique subjects to light and it really is all about getting what you can from what you have. Creativity plays a big part and you need to be on your toes because subjects don’t often like to wait.
For the most part, I have found small strobes to be the most portable and easy to implement in a wide variety of situations. There is even great power in simply using on-camera flash and bouncing it.
I will continue to learn to light anything and everything in my journey to let light shape the world around us.
