Broncolor lighting distributed by Hasselblad UK

Hasselblad are taking over UK distribution of Broncolor lighting from J.P. Distribution, from July 1, 2011.

The seven decisions about a light (Strobist)

The Strobist “Lighting 101” blogpost posits seven decisions about applying a strobe

Light 2: modelling 3D in 2D

from Simon Towler’s ‘theory of light’ series. Foundation material on thinking of light separate from colour, and using it to model three dimensional forms:

“As photographers and artists we are image makers. We can make flat, two dimensional images that represent three dimensional scenes in the real world.”

Light 1: What’s light for?

The introduction to Simon Towler’s ‘theory of light’ series.

“The medieval master mason was able to draught the plans for his cathedrals, and scribe the templates of their carved stones, using just simple compass and square, applying his fundamental knowledge of measure and proportion, step and repeat.”

So let’s start learning what light is for in images, what it does and what we can do with it.

Portrait lighting basics with Tony Corbell

Tony Corbell video tutorial on portrature with one, two, three and four studio lights.

“Once you conquer one light, and once you can create a lot of different looks with one light, you can conquer anything. The more lights we add, after we go past that one-light, it becomes more complex. Everything becomes a little more difficult, and you have to think through how everything might affect each other.” –Tony Corbell

Cinematographer lighting

Video clip of cinematographers talking about lighting.

“There are three things that lighting has to do: it has to provide for sufficient illumination to record the image on film; it has to make up for the difference in contrast between our eye and the film; and it has to enhance the illusion of third dimension in a two-dimensional medium.”

Strobist: Lighting 101 blog thread

The Strobist “Lighting 101” blog thread is probably the best place to start when you first decide to move your flash off-camera. And it’s not a bad place to start learning about lighting in general. Really very highly recommended.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKAD7leNOVY