# @christinadobre on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DBje1dxPHJ7
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63485603-christinadobre-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-10-25T17:10:57.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Christina Dobre (@christinadobre) — https://gondola.cc/christinadobre

## Caption

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 practicals yourself! There is no “right way”, so trust your own eye 💖 

Gear: @thefunton @aputure.lighting 

See you on set 🎥 

#womeninfilm #femalefilmmaker #femalecinematographer #cinematographer #filmset #lightingtips #cinematiclighting #filmmakertips #filmgear #aputure

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cinematographer, lightingtips, filmgear, femalefilmmaker, femalecinematographer, filmset, womeninfilm, filmmakertips, aputure, cinematiclighting

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