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Anyone who's ever been on a movie set is sure to have a sense of just how involved the lighting set-ups can be.
Because production teams need to be able to create their own lighting set-ups so as not to be at the mercy of the weather or direction of the sun, shooting for film is very involved, expensive, and takes up a lot of time.
On most sets, huge, generator-powered lights are used to simulate sunlight, while other large-scale light diffusers and reflectors are used to control the quality of the light that illuminates the subject or scene.
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And even though this level of production may seem overwhelming to you, keep in mind that light is light, and that the techniques used in expensive movie sets can also be applied to photographers working on a much smaller scale to achieve the same effects. This lesson demonstrates some basic methods for working with, and modifying, a very beautiful (and free) source of light: the sun.
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