Using the light around you to your benefit is the first step you should take to make sure you get the best quality photo possible. If your lighting is too dark, no one will be able to see the subject(s). If too bright, it will washout the photo, making everything too white. Making sure your position is key to lighting. For example, when i am outside taking a photo in a store (like the picture below), my lighting source is above me, but i also have to take into consideration that my lighting is florescent/tungsten, which is indoor lighting but for stores.
"Tungsten: Also known as Incandescent, this setting is good for indoor shots under regular domestic" (Gatcum).
"Florescent: Florescent settings compensate for different indoor artificial lights" (Gatcum).
these types of lighting affect my photo look and my editing process later one. For this particular photo, i found the lighting washing out the bright colors of the flowers.
What do you think is the best type of lighting - natural or artificial?
