Follow the light

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FOLLOW THE LIGHT


Is there really such a thing as good or bad light?

There is gorgeous light, little light, strange light, dim light, golden light, light so wonderful it makes your whole body hurt, scary light, difficult light, blueish light, morning light, evening light, light at night, light that feels like lead, the sulfuric-yellowish light shortly before a hailstorm, mixed light, the rose tinted light of Eos, the greek goddess of dawn, soft light and hard light, harsh light, artificial light, autumn light, light that tickles you in the morning and wakes you up, maybe there's even ugly light.

Isn't referring to different light situations as good or bad really an approach that keeps you from tackling challenges? One that stops you from trying to find something that makes all kinds of different light work for you? One that stops you from experimenting with light? One that might prevent you from taking that one frame with extraordinary light? One that keeps you from learning to love all sorts of light? One that makes you not even try to read the light? An approach that makes you lazy? Isn't bad light really a kind of light that you just never managed to grasp and make work on your pictures?

I once read a tip that mentioned to always walk on the shadowy side of the road, as that is the side easier to expose. Why do you go out to take photos? To come back with something that was "easy to expose"?

The term photography stems from two greek words: phos/photos (light or brightness) and graphein (to paint, write, draw, sketch). Photography uses light to paint, write, draw or sketch something, much like a painter uses colour. Do painters ever sort the colours in their palette into "good" "bad" ones?

Yes, there is tricky light, light that makes you struggle, light that challenges you, light that makes you swear, light that never comes out like you want it to, light you just don't like the look of.

Accept the light, love the light, let it lead you, read it, make mistakes and never stop learning. Name it however you like, but never use the expressions "good" or "bad light" as an easy way out. It might make you miss some of the most beautiful moments that light can give you.




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arslanalp's avatar
may the light be with us

great journal