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vice versa. Remembering this will make it easy to nd the source of glare or
hot spots on any type of subject from now on.
e relationships you prove in this exercise apply to other camera and
subject orientations. Figure 6.2 here represents a side view of a camera pho-
tographing a small piece of metal on a table. Of course, it could just as easily
be a bird’s-eye view of a camera photographing a building with a mirrored
glass front. en, the area marked on the test surface might correspond to
the portion of the sky reected in such a building.
Lighting the Metal
Using the foregoing test, experienced judgment, or a combination of the
two, we nd the family of angles from which a light can produce direct
reection in the metal. ...