Hey Yves!
I often fiddle with the power of the light if there’s only one light source (like you mentioned) or if I don’t really care about mimicking believable values. For example, in the portrait lesson, I do tweak the exposure a bit at first but am not overly concerned about realistic light values so after that I adjust the power for each light because it’s more convenient to work with.
You’ll see a similar pattern in the outdoor scene as well – I set the main light, adjust the exposure based on that, and then tweak the powers for the secondary lights from there. That way we’re at least in the right ballpark of values but there’s still enough flexibility to allow for creativity.
Does that help clarify?
