HT2221 - Shadow Writing
Apr 08, 2025•3 min
Episode description
HT2221 - Shadow Writing
I've always thought it was curious that photography is defined by its very nomenclature to be "light writing," but what we actually do is write the shadows onto white paper. If we think about what actually happens when we make our photographs, it helps make better decisions about how we control the exposure and what processing steps we need to pay attention to as we write the shadows onto the white background.