Light and Photography - How to See the Effects of Light and How to Use it to Create Beautiful Photos

Light and photography - how to see the effects of light and how to use it to create beautiful photos. It's so important to use light properly so that you can create beautiful photographs. I take you through some tips that will help you see the effects of light that will make a huge difference to your photography.

In this video we cover:

1. Light direction and the effects of using different light directions - front lighting, side lighting and back lighting.
2. The colour (color) of light and the effects this has on your photographs.
3. The quality of the light, whether it's hard or soft.

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We own and manage Roger and Pat de la Harpe Photography, which incorporates the Africa Imagery stock photo and video footage library. We've been involved in professional wildlife, travel, lodge and nature photography for some 30 years and have published 27 coffee table books. Our photographs have appeared in many local and international magazines, books, calendars and websites.

Please visit http://www.rogerandpatdelaharpe.com to have a look at just some of the photographs, video clips, photo tutorials, Adobe Lightroom and develop presets that we have online.

The cameras we use: Panasonic Lumix GH5, G9, GM5 and GX8. Gopro 8 Black. GoPro Max. Dji Pocket 2
The lenses we use: Panasonic 12 - 35mm, Panasonic, 35 - 100mm. Leica 12 - 60mm, Leica 8 - 18mm and Leica 100 - 400mm. Samyang 7,5mm fisheye.
Tripod: Gitzo GT1542T Carbon.
Camera Bags: Manfrotto Bumblebee ProLight

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