Category: Inverse Square Law

Lighting Design the Easy Way – Secrets of the Inverse-Square Law of Light

Johannes Dauner

In this blog post, I would like to share some insights with you regarding the connection of aperture and  inverse-square law of light as well as their effects on light fall-off. I’m going to be using Set.a.Light 3D to demo some of the things, but light behaves exactly the same in the real world. Let […]

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These Two Photos Will Make You Instantly Understand How The Inverse Square Law Works

Udi Tirosh

When I started to use artificial lighting, The Inverse Square Law was my nemesis. Not only it is not intuitive, but it is also not linear, and visualizing how a strobe distance from a subject will impact the photo is not trivial to say the least. Photographer Derrick Bias shared a few priceless photos that show […]

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