The history of lightingThe history of lighting is a very long history that goes back before the discovery of fire to the projection of shadows on walls . Lighting, like people, has both a past, a present and a future, which is where our story begins. Lighting is a tricky world to play in if you have too much you blind your subject and if you have too little you can barely see where you are going. The appropriate amount of light needed changes depending on the room, subject, action, setting, the overall mood of the scene is governed by precise amounts of light or lack thereof. Light is power, control the light and control the show. Before electricity and gas were used for everyday lighting today, there were candles. Candles have been used for centuries to light areas of a home or for the purpose I wish to inquire about, leg lighting in a theater. The foot lighting was used to illuminate the scene and even more so the character playing on it. Although the candles had a short lighting radius, it never stopped any performance, they simply used what they had and created an even more vivid scene than anyone has been able to create to date. Even in the era of the switch to gas lighting, some of the larger theaters stuck to candle lighting, because although they lacked control, the candles still gave a magnificent appearance on and off the stage . Today's lighting is now a complex structure of rods and rods. The polls are capable of directing the lights back and forth, turning them to either side, but they give off an artificial look even though they can mimic the temperature under the sun. Although we now have great control over the lighting we use in scenes, it now takes a great master to set up and maintain the proper lighting system...... middle of paper .... .. to decrease the amount of light on their skin through natural oils, such as sweat. Another general rule would be to take everything in small batches at first until the subject has the desired look, as it is almost always more difficult to add and remove errors in post-production. This is also why it is best to take multiple photos. the same scene and the same subject but with different settings for each of course. The light is constantly changing because we are constantly moving as the clouds pass and the storms rush in, the light is constantly changing and we are slowly changing with it. It is as much an art as drawing or painting. Because without light, everyone and everything would be in darkness and nothing would be seen. Work cited http://www.lightingtechnologies.com http://www3.northern.edu/wild/LiteDes/ldhist.htmhttp://www.mts.net/~william5/history/hol.htm