When we see an object we are basically seeing the light
reflected from it. When we take a photograph our cameras capture
those light rays on the sensor (photography essentially means
"light writing" ) For the purposes of taking great images, we
need to know how light affects our images, and how we can
control it and use it to our advantage. Today, I'm just going to
give an overview on the different ways light affects our images
(Please note that I'm generally talking about natural light here
- thousands can be spent on getting the light exactly how you
want it in a studio but I prefer the free version - the sun!)
Exposure is essentially how light or dark the scene is. We
generally strive to reach an exposure that looks like how we saw
the scene with our eyes. We have looked a lot at how we try to
get that correct exposure in camera by first understanding how
our camera "sees" light, the different ways your camera can
measure for it, and how we can compensate to get the exposure
right in camera. Knowing how th