The theory of how lights work is necessary, but not enough. Most tutorials about lighting just teach the theory. To me it feels like there is something that they are not telling me; maybe it’s something so obvious to them, that they forget to tell it. Or maybe it’s something like a trade secret, I don’t know.
I think I know most of the theory, but am still unable to make a good lighting for my scenes or objects.
It feels a bit like telling someone what all the sculpting brushes do and then say something like: ‘and now you can sculpt anything you like’. (This is a terrible comparison, I know…)
I am not a photographer, so I am probably missing some basic knowledge about how to light something.
So please teach us ‘what everybody else is hiding from us’, if that makes sense.
