“And so I fell in love with a color—in this case, the color blue—as if falling under a spell, a spell I fought to stay under and get out from under, in turns.”
–Maggie Nelson, Bluets
CHAPTER 7
ADDING COLOR TO SHADOWS
Shadows are everywhere. It actually takes a great deal of effort to create a shadowless image: you need several lights and some reflectors or fill cards. But shadows aren’t our enemy. They’re actually fantastic companions for color. Remember the scenario with orange-haired Elinor at the end of chapter 1? I referred to the shadows as a placeholder for the blue light I added. This chapter will cover the technique of intentionally creating shadows on your subject and background in order to fill them in with colored light.
SHADOW TYPES ...
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