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» Lesson 5 |
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![Lesson 5 - Lighting](images/l5_title.gif) |
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Podcast video: Colour |
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![Good Lighting](images/l5_hd1.gif) |
Good lighting can make all the difference to a video. And the smaller the chip in a camera is, the more important it is to think about lighting.
Compare these two pictures:
That's the same building – photographs taken just over an hour apart. |
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![Saturation](images/l5_hd2.gif) |
And here's the same chap in two different settings:
A bright, colourful picture can subconsciously suggest sunshine, holidays, fun. A desaturated shot has connotations of dreariness, grey weather, drudgery!
If you want your character to appear happy, make sure the shot says so. |
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![Using Available Light](images/l5_hd3.gif) |
Sunlight is free – but use it wisely. Here's a shot of a family on a fairground ride with the light coming from behind:
And here's the same group with the sun (mostly) behind the camera instead:
![](images/PICX2006.jpg)
There are exceptions, of course. Some objects
with soft edges (feathery leaved trees, for instance)
can look very interesting with the light partly
behind them. So experiment: use the viewfinder
on your phone camera to find the most pleasing
picture.
Sometimes a lack of light on the subject can actually make for a better shot:
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![Contrast](images/l5_hd4.gif) |
When you move indoors, things can get a little easier in some ways – and a lot more complicated in others.
For a start, watch out for excessive contrast. Your cameraphone is a clever device, but it suffers from the same limitation as every camera, film or digital - it doesn't like extreme contrast. Here's how your eyes might see someone in front of a window:
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Here's how just about every digital camera would see that shot:
Not so good. And easily remedied; move the man so you see little, if any, window in the background:
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![Creative Lighting](images/l5_hd5.gif) |
Try to get a little light on the subject's face. Here's a girl shot using existing 'top' lighting:
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Here she is again, with some light on her face:
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Much better – and done in less than two minutes. Here's the set-up:
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So don't presume; look at your viewfinder – and make sure the shot looks as good there as it does to your eye. |
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