Light is the building block of choice when it comes to photography. Our understanding of what pleases the spectator is essential to be recognised and “liked” as a photographer. Books have been written, tutorials have been produced and any art school will ask their students to learn these fundamentals. I am far from being the academic type and experimentation through the lens is often my path of choice.

I recently had the luxury of a huge inside space to be used as a shooting studio and took my time and my model’s setting up the two extremes of picture range as well as using gels for colour control. here are the results of this experiment.