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DavidSR
10th of October 2008 (Fri), 13:22
Hey guys,

Not sure if this has been posted yet, but here you go..some of you might find this useful.

http://www.lowel.com/edu/foundations_of_lighting.html
TomTomTuning
10th of October 2008 (Fri), 13:25
WOW this rocks!!!!!!
BBrat
10th of October 2008 (Fri), 16:13
pretty cool, thanks
James P
10th of October 2008 (Fri), 17:03
What an amazing website! Thanks for sharing.
yuriyo923
10th of October 2008 (Fri), 18:06
Very nice!!
DavidSR
11th of October 2008 (Sat), 00:25
You're welcome! I knew someone would find it useful :)
Perry Ge
11th of October 2008 (Sat), 18:20
Very cool!
S.Horton
11th of October 2008 (Sat), 18:26
Kewl!
weka2000
11th of October 2008 (Sat), 18:50
Cheers for that.
Kafn8td
11th of October 2008 (Sat), 19:20
Good find. Thanks for posting!
silvex
11th of October 2008 (Sat), 19:27
+1 nice find
cr44
11th of October 2008 (Sat), 20:16
Love it! Thank you!
dshankar
11th of October 2008 (Sat), 20:32
Awesome site, thank you!!
chabooky386
12th of October 2008 (Sun), 11:25
Good Stuff
umphotography
12th of October 2008 (Sun), 12:01
awesome

thank you very much
z-monster
12th of October 2008 (Sun), 12:15
Dude, you rock for finding this!!!
Canon-FAN
12th of October 2008 (Sun), 12:52
Good Stuff
sas8888
12th of October 2008 (Sun), 15:38
fantastic information
DavidSR
12th of October 2008 (Sun), 16:41
You're welcome guys! This was actually posted on another forum I'm a member of :)
pprice
12th of October 2008 (Sun), 17:45
What a great find...Thanks!!!!
TristanCardew
12th of October 2008 (Sun), 19:23
As everyone has been saying, thanks! Very helpful!
tsw910
13th of October 2008 (Mon), 10:02
awesome link .. thanks for the link !
JoYork
13th of October 2008 (Mon), 10:27
A++++++++

Would buy from again.
DavidSR
13th of October 2008 (Mon), 12:08
You're welcome guys!

A++++++++

Would buy from again.

Huh? lol
Emergenic
13th of October 2008 (Mon), 13:53
Awesome!!.....Thanks!! :cool:
Dermit
13th of October 2008 (Mon), 15:25
Very cool site indeed. I have one question for the lighting gurus about one thing I read about though. When they talk about placement of the fill light they talk about placing it opposite of the key light. For example if you are shooting from the 6:00 position and the key is at 5:00 then the fill is usually at 7:00. But I've always been taught the the fill is more effective from the same position as your shooting position. I know it is a 'light to taste' but when talking generalities what do most of the lighting pros here do?

The reasoning of on-axis fill lighting makes sense to me. If you shoot off axis fill you can create nasty cross shadows that the camera can see. Where if you shoot on axis the fill will fill everything the camera sees and not create any cross shadowing. I was alos told to try and make the fill look non-directional so it's best to put it up high and try to keep it out of the highlights in the subjects eyes. Anyone want to chime in on this?
Nickelodeon
13th of October 2008 (Mon), 15:34
Best link I have seen on the topic.

Very simple to grasp some of the principles in the various books I have been reading.

Thank you !