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The Secret of Caravaggio's Lighting and How to Apply It to Your Photographs
Discover how chiaroscuro, contrast, and the direction of light in Caravaggio’s work can help you create more dramatic, expressive, and narrative photographs. In photography, light is rarely limited to simply illuminating what’s in front of the lens. It can also evoke mystery, tension, or intimacy, and add depth to something that would otherwise appear flat. Few painters understood this as well as Caravaggio. His way of juxtaposing areas of intense light with almost complete shadows transformed religious or everyday scenes into images with a narrative power that continues to resonate centuries later. Learning to observe that light closely can give you very specific insights to help your own photographs gain impact.
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By Gemma Román
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