Learning And Understanding Lighting In Digital Photography

There are very rare situations in digital photography when the lighting conditions are perfect.

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The less demanding digital photographer will try to make the best of the situation in the hope that his photo enhancement software will come to the rescue late. There are others who try to use the light to their advantage to get the best results.

For those more intrepid digital photographers here a few tips on how to make the best of adverse lighting conditions. The principal concern for digital photographers is the source of light on the subject to be photographed and how to define it.

Lighting effects employed can determine whether the subject blends into the background or stands out. To come to grips with lighting techniques, the digital photographer has to learn a few of the basic digital photography lighting terminologies.

Hard lighting refers to the light that is pointed directly at the subject you are photographing. This type of light will produce sharply defined shadows.

Soft lighting tends to be more diffused and indirect. To create a soft lighting effect, the light is either "bounced" off a reflective surface or diffused so it falls more evenly on the subject.

Before resorting to bring artificial light into effect, ask yourself if you have sufficient natural light, If the answer is no then ask yourself how much artificial light will you need. Is the camera flash enough or will you need to bring a projector into play. Your camera flash is less intimidating for the human subject. However it is usually static and has its limitations. Flashes in digital cameras also are less than perfect, and tend not to capture the depth of the shot and take to lose a lot in their clarity and details.

Learning and understanding lighting in digital photography, especially for the enthusiastic amateur can be a long term process. The ideal situation appears to be in finding a happy medium between using your camera's flash facility and bringing in the power of photo enhancement software to brush up, tidy and improve the quality of the shot later. Adobe Photoshop has many features and filters to make the best out of just about any bad situations, including their famous "redeye" touch up kit.