Illuminations:One-Light to Cover them All
Budget and creative lighting are just a couple reasons why you'd want to shoot with only one lighting instrument.
Recently, we showed how to get the most from a single on-camera light [August 2005], so now we'll move the illumination onto a light stand and see what you can accomplish if you bring along just one illumination source. Why work with only a single instrument, when a classic single-subject setup needs key, fill, and back lights -- not to mention something for the background?
Poverty, portability, and power. You may not have the budget for a full light kit, or the need to do much interior lighting. You may be working out of your trusty Prius, with no room to store a bunch of lights and stands and cables, and no assistant to schlep all that stuff around. Or you may have to light a room with a single household circuit that may also have outlets in other rooms (Oh, how many times I've found this in older buildings). Plug in a second light and... BLOO…
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