Learn lighting from existing photos

- I'm going to go out on a limb here … and say that when you evaluate lighting, … what you are mostly doing is evaluating the shadows … that are produced by lighting. … You'll see what I mean throughout this course. … You can't produce good lighting … without knowing what good lighting is … and what constitutes good lighting changes … depending on the goal of your photo. … In other words, you need to have an aesthetic for lighting. … Over time, that aesthetic will grow and change, … but a good way to develop it … is to turn a critical eye for lighting … onto photos that you see. … Here's a shot of a model … and it's an attractive, well-executed image. … But let's get past just our immediate … emotional feeling about it, … and actually take some time to … look at the lighting here in detail. … You can see that most of the light, … the key light is coming from this direction, … which is leaving a bunch of shadows over here. … I said I wasn't going to talk about Rembrandt lighting … but this v-shape underneath her eye …