Controlling The Lighting Of The Potrait

There are a few ways of controlling the intensity of light striking the portrait or subject. In the studio, photographers can adjust the intensity and brightness of the lights. Further by using back lights, side lights or front lights, the photographer can get the desired effect on the picture.

As part of photography education, photographers need to know how to control the intensity of lights within the studio and at the same time they need to know how to get the camera's flash to work for them.

The advantage of learning the tricks of photography studio lighting is that by manipulating it, photographers can get the effect that they desire. In fact, natural light can be recreated at a studio by adjusting the intensity of the lights. "Daylight" film is manufactured to be exposed by 5500K light, "indoor" film is made to be exposed by 3400K light, and 3200K light is used for professional "indoor" film.

"Pure" white light is the result of an equally balanced mixture of the three primary colors: red, green, and blue. Through photography studio lighting, photographers can recreate the effects of white light.

One of the most commonly used photography tricks that professional photographers use to gain larger control over the white balance setting is by using film and color correction filters. Most, if not all Digital SLR cameras now have their own, in-built white balance adjustment, however, as part of digital photography education amateur photographers need to learn how to adjust the balance manually.

Through photography lighting tricks, photographers can create different looks and feels in the picture.
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