Re: Low Key "How I Did It" Shoot
Nic,
When someone says they feathered the light it means they didn't point the light directly at the subject. All lights have a hot spot in the center, then just outside of that bright hot spot there is an area that is softer. Master photographer Frank Cricchio calls the hot spot the "umbra" and the softer area around it the "penumbra." You want to use the penumbra as your light source, but to do so it means you can't point the light directly at the subject, so you aim the light just ahead (or just behind) the subject thereby incorporating the soft penumbra.
Ben
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