The art of lighting.

I was told once that the best way to learn about lighting was to photograph an egg. A simple white egg. When I heard that I though how brilliant that was. A simple subject like that was easy to wrap your brain around. You would be able to see where he shadows and highlights fall just as it would on a person you were photographing.

However I have never tried the egg thing, seems easy enough, but in the end I felt it was too daunting. I ended up using Legos. Star Wars storm troopers to be exact. These little plastic people are perfect. You can set the up any way you like, for lighting I just use a cheap flashlight. I feel like this type of setup gives a much better idea of how your subject will be lit.