Tad's OCA learning blog

For this assignment, we are required to take 8 photographs of the same object, using different lighting techniques to demonstrate: Shape;...

Photographing objects which have a shiny surface are a particular problem which is difficult to resolve.  Commercially available light boxes...

Many techniques have been developed to concentrate light, ranging from using Fresnel lenses on a tungsten source, through to modifiers such ...

In this exercise we are looking at ways of controlling contrast and filling shadow by means of reflective surfaces.  This is an effective al...

The position of the light source in relation to the subject will create different effects, some of which will show the form, some the shape ...

Bare bulbs of whatever kind, and in this I include Speedlites without any modifiers, create harsh light, which might be the intention, howev...

There are a huge number of books dedicated to this subject and I just don't know where the market is! I had acquired a couple of such bo...