Soft light refers to light that tends to "wrap" around objects, casting diffuse shadows with soft edges.

Hard light will accentuate the textures and details in an object.

Ambient light is the light that is already present in a scene, before any additional lighting is added.

A shadow is the area where the light from a light source is blocked by an opaque object.

Highlights are the bright spots in your image.

In optics, a diffuser is any material that diffuses or scatters light in some manner to transmit soft light.

In this lesson, I briefly go over bouncing lights as well as light absorption.

Here I talk about the strength of your lights and adjusting them.

Color values along the blue–yellow axis have a great effect on your scene.

In this lesson, I introduce the three lights used in the three pointing lighting setup.

Three-point lighting is a standard method used in visual media such as theatre, video, film, still photography and computer-generated imagery.

Here, I try to narrow my light sources down to just one. I'll be using bounce light to fill in the shadows.

In this lesson, I go over my lighting setup and the function every light serves.

In this lesson, I briefly discuss light positioning and common mistakes.

This bonus lesson will quickly breakdown silhouettes and how they work.

Final message for this course.