Chasing Light with Duha

The source of my inspiration is fueled by many things such as people, music, travel, books, pictures, and all things creative, but I find my deepest inspiration simply through interesting light.

Interesting light you ask? Well first, I’ll let you in on some important details:

Lighting as we all know, (if you don’t, be prepared to be mind blowned) is the most important factor when creating successful images. It determines brightness, darkness, tone, mood, atmosphere, details, and enhances the creativity in a session. Basically, it determines everything! This is why having correct light in a session is SUPER important! 

Once I perfect a type of light that I want in a session, I pursue to scout for more of an interesting perspective. Window-soft light, hard streaks of light, colored neon light, light that looks like this; Basically any type of lighting that makes things a bit more dramatic.

LIGHT is so important in everything we do! My two favorite that I work well in are hard light and soft light. Hard light because it creates a center of attention in a photograph. I love the dark contrast from the shadows it creates all while still producing the small details. This type of lighting is great especially through a streak of hard light (this is my go-to when creating something more interesting). 

Soft light is great because it produces even lighting. If you are in a photography business, this type of light can benefit you in the long run because I personally think that soft light is the key to selling. Soft light creates a natural look and also brings out EVERY detail in an image. You can create this type of lighting through window light, indirect light, blocking direct light with a translucent material such as white paper, cloth, or a reflector.

I think that the more interesting the light you work with is, the more interesting your photographs will become. What are your favorite types of lighting?