Lighting example

LIGHTING
 

This is my example of hard and soft light that i have taken.

Hard light (right) and soft light (left). The differences are striking. The soft light "wraps" around the ball because the source is so much larger. The hard light has a more dramatic effect on the surface texture.

Whether light falling on a subject is hard or soft depends on one thing, the relative sizes of the light source and subject. A large source will wrap light around a small subject filling shadows and lowering contrast. A small source will direct light onto a large subject creating hard shadows and high contrast.