Introduction to Lighting
Foreword
Introduction
Properties of Light
-Hard Light/Soft Light
Colour Temperature
-White Balance
Film Lights
-Redheads & Blondes
-HMIs & Halogens
Three Point Lighting
Intermediate concepts
-Natural Light, Bouncing
-Outdoors, Sharing
-Shadows, Depth
Appendix: Depth Perception
-Binocular Cues
-Monocular Cues
--Relative Size, Interposition
--Clarity, Motion, Light & Shadow
--Texture Gradient, Linear Perspective
About Phillips Mcintosh
Monocular Cues
Relative Size
When we see two objects that we assume to be of similar size (such as two people) the one that appears larger is interpreted to be closer.
Interposition
If one object blocks our view of another, we assume that it is in front.
René Magritte, The Blank Signature, 1965, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
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