ONE LIGHT SOURCE?RTIFICIAL When shooting with an artifi cial light source, you may have to move the light source around to get good shadows and lighting situations, especially if it? a single light source. In this photo, the lighting is directly overhead, causing short shadows. If you want longer shadows, the light would have to be moved. This photo was shot at 1/20 sec at f8. You might also consider incorporating the light source itself into the composition. Table or fl oor lamps can create a cozy and intimate mood. NATURAL, REFLECTED LIGHT Notice how the sunlight streaming through the window onto the ceramic chess pieces has a slightly diff erent eff ect on each piece. The light from the piece on the right is refl ected onto the piece on the left. This photo was shot at 1/13 sec at f8. NATURAL LIGHT FROM A WINDOW Try to make your lighting of the subject as dramatic and powerful as you can so you can produce a more dynamic painting. In most cases, natural sunlight through a window will by itself produce dramatic lighting with dynamic shadows, no matter what the subject. This bowl was shot at 1/15 sec at f8. TWO LIGHT SOURCES? ARTIFICIAL The lighting here is a two-light-source setup. This situation will usually produce much softer shadows when lit evenly from both sources. However, if one light is strong and the other gives just a hint of light, you will produce a more dramatic setting. This grouping was shot at 1/15 sec at f8. ? Finding a Subject Indoors There are no hard-and-fast rules as to the best place to photograph your images. But there is one place you can always photograph without being told you are trespassing, and that is your own home. Believe it or not, there are some great subjects within your own home to photograph for painting, and you don? even have to set up anything special?ust photograph what you see. 21