Key learning points

1. Lighting is one of the most important elements in photography.
2. Photography can be in a studio or outdoors, and a major difference between these two strands is the light source.
3. The direction of light plays a big role in how an image looks and feels.
4. Subject, composition and lighting in a photograph can have a big impact on the mood.
5. In early photography, artists relied entirely on light, shadow, contrast, and tone.

Keywords

• Lighting - how light illuminates the subject of a photograph

• Light source - the source of light identified in a picture, including natural and artificial light

• Mood - the feeling or atmosphere a photo creates.

Common misconception