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Summary: Light diffusion is a method of covering light sources with translucent fabric to soften the light and shadows that it creates. Discover the benefits of light diffusion with information from a professional art and commercial photographer in this free video on photography.
Rebecca Guenther is a freelance photographer living in Austin, Texas. Since graduating from Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2002 with a B.F.A. in photography, she has had the...read more
"Hi, I'm Rebecca Guenther with www.m5a1photography.com and I'm going to talk to you about what is lighting diffusion. Lighting diffusion is when you have a light and you diffuse it by putting a translucent piece of fabric in front of it such as this example right here. The white fabric is somewhat see-through and it makes it possible for the light to shine through it and it will come out softer. This way it's not a harsh light with a harsh shadow. It's going to surround the subject and make the shadows less harsh. For example: the noon sun is going to shine very harsh and it's going to give a very strong shadow on the ground, but if there are clouds in front of the sun, you'll notice that there are fewer shadows and the shadows that are there, are a lot more scattered out and it makes everything look way softer, and that's lighting diffusion."
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