Here’s the summary of Year 2 lessons.

Light, the most important element in photography, is faster than a drunken leopard.
Like leopards, they come from different sources, and have different properties.
Some are natural (Sun, Moon, stars, fire)
Some are man-made (Torchlight, iPods, cellphones)
In photography, there are two main sources.
Natural (Sun, Moon, fireflies), and artificial (flash gun, softbox, spotlight).
We […]

What do you get when you throw a rubber ball at a wall? It will bounce back to you. You don’t believe me? Try it. Oh, and make sure no one else’s around. You don’t want it to hit them right in the gut. It hurts, you know.
Obviously, if you throw a pie at […]

If something is hard, how do we soften it?
If it’s a sponge, add some water. If it’s a metal, melt it. If it’s a cookie, dip it in a glass of milk. But what about light? You can’t add water to it. Heck, how do you plan to melt light? And no, don’t even think […]

Moonlight is a perfect example of natural reflected light. That said, moonlight actually have little use in photography. It’s not like you’re using it for your photography session at night. It is because the amount of light generated by the Moon is a little more than your iPod.
Take a look of this picture.

Notice the shadow […]

Let’s proceed with our class. Today, I’m gonna teach you something about the fastest thing in the universe, faster even than a drunken leopard: Light.
Light (or photo as our Greek dudes called it) is the most important element of photography (hence the name photography; the art of light). Without it, there’ll be no photography. That’s […]