CHAPTER 6
Metal
Many student and apprentice photographers think metal is one of the most
dicult photographic subjects and consider assignments that require them
to photograph metal to be nothing less than cruel and unusual punishment.
However, when they master the assignment, they discover that nothing
could be further from the truth. Metal is not dicult, and photography
teachers are not sadists for assigning such work.
ere are about a half-dozen classic subjects that all photographers are
supposed to encounter as they learn lighting. ese subjects teach basic
techniques that enable us to light anything. Metal is one of the classic
subjects for good reason. Brightly polished metal produces almost nothing
but un-polarized direct reection. ...