Week Four: Light

"Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography." –George Eastman, Eastman Kodak founder

We talked about the essence of photography this week: light. We looked at a number of examples of some of the various uses of available light, that is natural light, and had a short introduction into direct flash like the ones attached permanently to most point-and-shoot cameras and those that are affixed to the cameras of paparazzi shooters.

Some of the photographers that we looked at this week were Trent Parke, Paulo Peleigrin, Weegee, and Andy Warhol. We did a more in-depth study of David Alan Harvey, Steve McCurry and Alex Webb.

illustration by luminous-landscape.com

Links:
picturecorrect.com
fodors.com
photo.net

David Alan Harvey (in Portuguese)