How did you learn “how to light”? 💡 Learning how to light like your favorite movies can feel like an abstract and confusing concept. There are creative visual aspects to lighting - like painting - and there are technical aspects to lighting - like knowing what units, rigs and diffusions to use. Where do you start? Like Brittney said, a great place to start in your journey of lighting is observing the natural light around you ✨ as you go through your day, notice how light shapes the world around you and how it makes you feel! Is it a hard streak of light coming through a window from the sun? Or maybe it’s a few soft practical lamps that help your space feel cozier? Maybe it’s a combination of moonlight illuminating an alleyway with the hard shadows from an overhead street light? Take note of light patterns you like - and think about how they help shape scene. From there, you can begin thinking about how to recreate the light in your scenes using the sun, lighting units and practic...