{"id":35065,"date":"2016-04-10T13:29:26","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T17:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/?p=35065"},"modified":"2017-12-02T00:24:15","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T04:24:15","slug":"photography-using-light-fall-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/photography-using-light-fall-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Photography: Using light fall-off to illuminate your subject"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photography: Using light fall-off to illuminate your subject<\/h1>\n

John collects vintage \u2026 oh, everything. His entire house filled with collectibles \u2013 it is like stepping out of a time-machine into a different era. I joked with him that the only two things in his house from the 21st century is his fridge and his dog!\u00a0Most impressive in a way, is John\u2019s workshop where he maintains his two vintage era motorbikes and a Model A Ford. The tools in his workshop are all authentic to the era and are hand tools – no electric tools – and they work. The way John describes it, it actually makes sense in the way he maintains everything with hand-tools and lathes and such.<\/p>\n

I wanted to portray him amongst all these items. And I wanted to stay true to the spirit of what was presented, and just use the available light. Sweeping the garage doors open, there was a flood of soft, directional light – perfect.<\/p>\n

Shooting at a\u00a0right\u00a0angle to the light streaming in, there is that dynamic interplay between light and shade as the light faded off the deeper we look into the\u00a0workshop.<\/p>\n

That gradient of light isn’t linear – it falls off according to the inverse square law from the open garage door. In where we position our subject and therefore adjust our exposure, the exposure ratio between our subject and the background can change. We can control it.<\/p>\n

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