Here’s the summary of Year 2 lessons.

1. Light, the most important element in photography, is faster than a drunken leopard.
2. Like leopards, they come from different sources, and have different properties.
3. Some are natural (Sun, Moon, stars, fire)
4. Some are man-made (Torchlight, iPods, cellphones)
5. In photography, there are two main sources.
6. Natural (Sun, Moon, fireflies), and artificial (flash gun, softbox, spotlight).
7. We can manipulate it to our will to give more impact to our pictures.
8. Enter the reflected light, the diffused light, the bounced light, and many more.
9. Reflected light technique can be done with a simple piece of cheap white Styrofoam.
10. This technique is only suitable for places that have some strong source of light from one side.
11. But it ain’t practical if you’re just having a good time at a barbeque.
12. The diffused light technique will make your picture looks better and more natural-looking.
13. It works by ’softening’ the harsh light from your built-in flash by placing a diffuser in front of your your flash.
14. The bounced light technique is similar to reflection, but instead of carrying around a cheap white Styrofoam (and looked like an idiot), you point your flash unit upwards.
15. This is the pitstops for the light from your flash unit; bulb > ceiling > your friends’ faces.