Light Science and Magic 4/e

Because photography is the manipulation of light, the chapter defines lighting as the relationship between the light, the subject, and the viewer.

white light, color mixture, color temperature scale, shadow, highlight, refraction, direct transmission, diffuse transmission, absorption, reflection

Direct and Diffuse Transmission

Absorbed light turns to heat. We can feel it, but it is no longer visible to the camera.

We call the rate of fluctuation of the electromagnetic field its frequency, and we measure it with the unit called Hertz,

Refraction

Transmission

results and sometimes

Lighting is the language of photography.