So let's have a look at some inside hoplite. So, in this particular image, we've got the sun coming through a window. And in fact, if you remember the image of the young boy earlier in the corner, if you look on the left hand side, from your perspective, that's the corner where I took the light. So that's where the lights coming from this big window. But what I've got here is when you look at the subjects, you are really nice, strong rim around the two ladies at the back. And that's what I saw.

I saw this hard light hitting their face, this rim, and it just was really compelling. So I wanted to show you this because inside hard light can actually be window light. If the subject can see the sun from the window, you will get a hard light source. This is an image you can take if you go to coffee shops or anything like that you got a big window and people start They look at the light coming through, see if you can see some hard light coming through and get that sort of that sense of bustle that sense of activity. And then create a lovely black and white from it create a really interesting, so for me, I love black and white, but a little tip for you if you've got lots of different colors of light and you can't get it to work and as a color image switch to black and white, have a play with it.

Go and play with Snapseed like I said on on your iPhone or your smartphone and just play with it and see if you can get some really high points of contrast between highlights and darks, highlights and shadows and get a compelling image. Now in this example, this is a living room and above this subject is a light and it's just a bare bulb light. In this room, there's actually two lights in the ceiling and the lights coming down and it's actually created this almost glow. Now I did want to process this add a little bit of glow. You can see under the chin is quite a direct is quite a hard light source. It's not got a sharp edge to the shadow, which is quite nice because she was quite close but it is just a bolt in a house and I just caught this light and a sore and a court the moment that she looked across, and she was talking to someone lovely catch lights in the eyes and I've got this image so literally someone else SETI, where's the light, it's in front of her.

And from her perspective, it's on her right you can see by looking at the shadows, remember look at the eyes as well. You can see which direction the lights coming from in this image, sitting with someone on the sofa with one light and practice and take some pictures. One of my favorite images I just love this just love the light on this image and the compelling nature of what she's thinking about. She's happy she's talking as there's a spark in the eyes of sparking. I really really love this image. And you can see there's a little bit messy hair on a neck I'm not worried about that as a candidate portray is a moment but what makes it work Light and the same again.

Now people might look at this and think it's soft light, it's not it's actually hard light, it's above him, you know he's got very good bone structure is going to bring all that out. But you can see in the texture of his skin that this is hard light because Hard Light bring out texture. That's why I wanted to show you this because the texture and and I've even taken a filter, I've added some grain, and it's a black and white verts or like a brown tinge to it. But you can see the lights coming down and it's really, really powerful. It's really compelling. And this is just again, it's this is literally my living room.

This is a friend and I just saw the moment just grab the picture, you just sit in the right place, the light is in front of him above him and look to me, grab this image, and it's just against the plain wall and you can see the corner of the wall. It's really simple. It's really powerful, and it's a moment but it's all about him being in the light. So this is hard light. This is about And we're taking some really interesting, compelling, powerful images. Now, this was a concert, this is stage like I've got no control over this light, and it's all really hard light.

And you can see it's really hard light because if you look on the subjects right hand side of his face, it's very hot. It's very bright. It's very white, and it goes to dark very easily. This is very hard light. This is a concert, it's a RF brass band. And I just caught this moment where he was very dramatic, wonderful conductor.

So dramatic. I just caught this moment and I was watching and I found the light I saw the light and love the light, love the way to shine on him and the background disappeared. And when I edit it, I darkened down any elements in the background that didn't add anything to the image. But as you can see the lights from his perspective, the lights coming over his right hand shoulder is hard light, but you just use the light that's there. You just follow Those moments where the light reveals a subject where it creates a movement, and you get some really powerful opportunities. Now with this one I access the backstage to his back is actually towards the audience.

So I could actually get backstage and take some pictures of the subject. So that's all about again, moving, seeing the light and then moving around till you're in a position where the light and the subject are working together. So you can get some really, really powerful images. Don't be afraid of hard light, guys. It does some amazing things. So here again, we've got some hard light, and it's just really strong direct sun coming through a window, and it's just capturing the hair ornament for this wedding.

And I could see that and it's waited for the moment I can see the light and I've positioned myself now and she's turning around. The bride is a little bit late and was wondering where the bride is she gets concerned like she turns around, where is she and you just captured them. moment, and it's hard light. But remember, with hard light, the lights coming across, it's bouncing off the wall, and it's given us a little bit of light in the face. So then your eye is drawn to the ornament on a head, and then you're drawn to her in the expression. And that's how light works helps draw, I create interest in the image.

I just love this image. I really, really love this image. Now, sometimes you just get lucky sometimes you just get the light in the right place. So these guys are standing below a spotlight as a couple is a wedding reception. It's in the evening, and the lights coming down. And it just captures this, this lovely gentle moment between them is happiness.

But if they hadn't been under that light that wouldn't have worked. And this is what I would call a pool of light. If you see light coming down and you get these strong pools of light. Sometimes it's worth waiting to see what's going to happen. What's going to enter that pool of life. The background is nice and simple.

The pool of light is great. But what happened here was, I've turned I'm walking around, I'm watching my eyes open. I'm constantly looking for photos constantly. And I see the light taken up by my bank capture this amazing, amazing moment. So when you're looking with hard light when you're working with hard light working with any light, just keep looking out and hard light creates such beautiful contrast. I hope I'm giving you some enthusiasm for hard light because most photographers run away from it.

I absolutely love it. And I'm hoping you can see why