In photography and videography a big piece of creating pleasing imagery arises through your choice of lighting. The size of the light, its color temperature, and how powerful it is are all important ...

In my first column for TV Tech, I looked at how modeling shadows allow us to perceive depth on a flat screen. Two working eyes that have overlapping fields of vision provide you with binocular vision ...

Replay: Three point lighting often conjours up images of flat corporate video or daytime soap operas. But is the system still relevant today, or is it an important concept we can use to guide us, ...

The following lesson was created by Vimeo for its Vimeo Video School. It's used here with permission. Look for a new lesson each week. Three-Point Lighting is the basic lighting setup to use when you ...

Three-point lighting is so named because the system involves three separate lighting components: key light, fill light, and back light. Imagine that your whole film setup, including the camera, your ...

All too often, you may be stuck with needing to shoot an interview or take a photo and you only have one light to shine on your subject. Ordinarily, that would mean long shadows and an unappealing ...

When you're shooting video, lighting can be the difference between a quality-looking production and one that looks less than professional. The fact that you're planning to use any lights at all will, ...

As image quality on laptop, tablet, and smartphone screens has gotten better, so has the demand for great photos. If you want to sell handmade bow ties, build an online dating profile, make your dog ...

Lighting directors sometimes run across situations where a certain challenge must be overcome. I would like to look at three problems and simple solutions for each. Chocolate gels are seldom used ...