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Winter Solstice

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Uploaded on Dec 21, 2009

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Rembrandt's window

I just finished reading a book about portrait lighting techniques. The author often talked about closed loop, open loop, and Rembrandt lighting. The last of those three creates a triangular shape of light on the side of the face opposite the light source, which is above and to the side of the head of the subject, similar to the position of a window in Rembrandt’s studio.

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Uploaded on Dec 19, 2009

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Perceived Privacy

Even though they might know better, people online often assume a level of privacy in their conversation with others that does not in fact exist. Before you put something out there in cyberspace, keep in mind that almost anyone in the world could see it.

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Uploaded on Dec 19, 2009

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Lighting techniques

There are four basic types of studio lighting techniques: front lighting, side lighting, back lighting, and butt lighting.

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Uploaded on Dec 19, 2009

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