Photo editor Chris Wilkins on seeing and utilizing good light

Chris Wilkins, assistant director of photography at The Dallas Morning News, blogs about the importance of great light and provides several examples from a week’s worth of wire photos. There’s good info here for my SMU and TCU students as well as anyone else interested in improving their images.

I stress “looking at the light” in all my classes. In weekly critiques, I ask each of my students to analyze the light in their classmates’ photos. Whether you’re looking at photographs, a film, or simply marveling at the way a sunset glows in ruby-colored hues at dusk, seeing the light is a critical step to making great images.

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