ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the different types of light sources that are available and how to use them. It explores the world of natural “light-drawing” to give photographers some new ideas. Light sources for light drawing can be conveniently divided into two main categories—those based on natural phenomena, and those that are artificially made and controlled. Although totally uncontrolled by the photographer, the fact that they emit light from within the scene places them squarely in the light-drawing category. Lightning can be an intensely exciting subject for light drawing. Artificial light sources, on the other hand, not only come in a limitless number of colors, intensities, shapes and patterns, they also give photographers complete control over the way photographers add light to their images. The flashlight is best inserted all the way into the tube and held in place while the tube is moved to create the pattern of light. Flashlights and headlamps just by themselves are great light-drawing tools.
