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The rings in this shot were placed on a bit of white paper on a windowsill in direct sunlight. A simple but effective composition with shadows.

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Light Matters

It is common knowledge that photography (literally ‘light- writing’) depends for its existence on light. Yet, how many of us really understand the way light behaves, how it can be controlled, and the impact it has on our images?

When I came into social photography from the once ‘glamorous’ world of television, I was surprised to find that in the United Kingdom at least there was no obvious established training route for core camera and lighting ...

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