11bLighting: Natural and Available Light
Lighting with natural light provides the ideal opportunity to learn how light behaves in different environments and how various and beautiful it can be. Using natural light is an essential cinematographic skill but, if approached thoughtfully, also provides a superb foundation for lighting with lamps. When lighting with film lamps you are almost always trying to emulate natural light.
The chapter starts by looking at how to assess natural light and any available sources of light when location scouting. The principles of softening light with diffusion, using different surfaces to bounce light so as to reduce the lighting ratio or negative fill to increase it are looked at. The chapter then gives guidance ...
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