Questions tagged [lighting-basics]

Lighting basics are all about the 'rudimentary' techniques that photographers use to light their photographs. While this often includes basic artificial lighting techniques, it is not in any way restricted to questions about artificial lighting.

The Lighting basics is all about the 'rudimentary' techniques that photographers use to light their photographs. These are the sorts of elements that can be built upon to create more complex and artistic lighting scenarios. While this often includes the discussion of basic artificial lighting techniques, it is not a tag that is inherently restricted to questions about artificial lighting.

There are 5 basic lighting setups that are used in studio portrait photography as outlined in the following questions:

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How does bounce light on an object fall off after several bounces?

I've always wondered why, when light bounces into an object and illuminates its dark side, it would not also then bounce into the cast shadow itself and illuminate the shadow region. Is there a way to intuitively understand the 'falloff percentage'…
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