Light — Science & Magic, 6th Edition

5 LIGHT: THE BEGINNING

tools needed to deal with such subjects. is book dispels the rumors by

giving you those tools.

In addition, we tried to use studio examples whenever possible. is,

however, does not mean Light—Science & Magic is only about studio

lighting. Far from it! Light behaves the same way everywhere, whether it is

controlled by the photographer, by the building designer, or by nature. But

you can set up indoor experiments like ours at any hour of any day, regard-

less of the weather. Later, when you use the same lighting in a landscape, on

a public building, or at a press conference, you will recognize it because you

will have seen it before.

Finally, we chose each example to be as simple as possible. If you are

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