Understanding the aspect of light.

Light really behaves in many different ways. In order to understand how it behaves, you have to know the difference between a light and a shadow in a picture. That's the most important thing you should acknowledge as an artist.The picture below will show provide of details you need to learn.

As you can see in the photo above, the direction of the light is coming from the top right side of the photo.In the picture above it's indicated the different types of shadows and the light spots, the highlight is the place where the light is brightest i.e the is the place where light is directly reflected from the light source, the mid tone is the place immediately below the highlight.Then there is the a cast shadow which is the actual shadow of the object itself ;the cast shadow is formed away from the object. The shadow is the darkest part of the object where there light does not reach, then the reflection is only formed when the object is placed on a bright surface, it can be visible depending on the brightness of it's surface.That's how light behave on an object.

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