BIGGER LIGHT SOURCE:
THIS is characterised by light falling on a subject from all directions. this type of light hardly casts any shadow and is generally referred to as soft or diffused light. this light works well for some kind of portraits and table-tops. the lighting, being from all directions is more or less flat. a bigger light source limits depth & reduces the three- dimentional effect..............THE most common example is an overcast sky. the light is soft even and does not throw shadows and hardly creates any sort of highlights on objects. the texture is subdued and the contrast is lower. .....one of the interesting feature of this type of lighting sources is that they create excellent and even reflections on glossy surfaces. a shiny subject and the reflections of the surroundings off the subject can be photographed far more effectively due to almost non-existent highlights on the object as well as in the reflections.
OVERCAST days are ideal for taking pix of people as soft light flattens skin tones. however, this kind of lighting has limitations as well. because there are no shadows, objects tend to appear flat and without depth. general scenes too tend to lose out on depth. the use of a good composition is necessary to depict depth more effectively in such photographs where the light comes from a vast area..................(to continue)..........(gshroti@gmail.com).
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