Publisher Summary This chapter explores the six features of lighting; quality, direction, contrast, evenness, color and intensity, and how lighting can be used to express (or repress) chosen aspects such as texture, form, depth, detail and mood. Essential lighting equipment is covered, working with available and mixed lighting as well as solving lighting problems. The way users select and organize the lighting is highly creative and individualistic. Lighting one of the most stimulating, exciting aspect of photography. Many photographers' individual styles can be identified through their use of lighting. The characteristics of light such as its straight-line travel, the effect of size of source, diffusion, reflection, color content, etc. can be used in various practical ways to alter the appearance of a subject, and they apply to any source, whether the sun, a flashgun, a studio lamp or even a candle. One of the best places to learn lighting is in a space where you can control the lighting. Lighting kit divides into two main types—tungsten lamps and flash. Tungsten units allow users to see precisely how the light affects the subject's appearance. Flash (flashgun or studio flash units) avoids the heat and glare of tungsten lamps, and gives out more light but just for a brief instant. Lighting is often the best way to emphasize one element and suppress others, or reveal extreme detail throughout