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What is the importance of light level?

Brightness level

The light level refers to the position of the light source and the subject. The change of light level can bring different light and shadow changes, which can be summarized as seven light levels.

Frontal light

Front side lamp, side lamp, back side lamp, backlight, top lamp and bottom lamp.

1, also called positive light.

Front lighting

From the front of the subject, the advantages of smooth light not only

hue

Soft, at the same time, it can also reflect the inherent color effect of the scene, but the three-dimensional sense of the performance space is relatively poor.

2. Front side light: In

photographic art

In creation, it is often used as the main shaping light. This kind of lighting can change the brightness of the subject. It shows the three-dimensional sense of the subject well. Surface texture and outline, and can enrich the dark level of the picture, play a good role in modeling.

plastotype

Function.

3. Side light: The direction of light projection is about 90 degrees with the photographer, which is affected by

sidelight

Object, there are obvious

the seamy side

It has a strong expressive force on the three-dimensional shape and texture of the scene.

4, taillights: also known as

Backlighting

. It can better express the outline form and three-dimensional sense of the scene. Generally, people should be given auxiliary lighting.

5. Backlight: Light from the back of an object. Because lighting from the back can only illuminate the outline of the subject, it is also called.

contour light

6. Top light: light from above the main body. It is not conducive to shaping the aesthetic feeling of the characters. If you use

Auxiliary light lamp

Improve the formation of shadow brightness

Xiaoguang

You can get a better shape than that.

7. Bottom light: also known as foot light. Light that illuminates a person or a scene from below. It is generally used as a modeling method to depict special characters, special emotions and render special atmosphere.