Since painting with light is what we photographers do, we’ve discovered over all these decades how to utilize light in a myriad of different ways. When you stop to consider it, there are hundreds, if not thousands of things we can do simply by manipulating light one way or another. We’ve learned to apply colors to lighting or to utilize the colors of the ambient lighting around us. Intensity varies — sometimes bright lighting is what we need, and other times, we seek to capture as little light as possible all so that we can focus on specific, hard-to-capture points of light, as is the case with nighttime long exposures.

Color and availability are just two of three major factors where lighting is concerned. There is another, one that maybe we don’t pay attention to as much as we could, and it’s something that can have as dramatic an effect on our images as color and availability. This third factor is the direction or angle of the lighting. Once you start taking this into consideration, you’ll quickly see how this one aspect can revolutionize your photography. Let’s take a look at some of the things you can do with angular lighting.
 

If you’re looking for a way to take some amazing photographs all while supporting a good cause, then this is the place! Raptor Inc. provides photographers in the Ohio Valley region with just such an opportunity. What is Raptor Inc.? It’s a bird rescue and rehabilitation organization based in southern Ohio and northern Kentucky. I recently had an opportunity to take pictures of Raptor Inc.’s birds for their 2019 calendar, and I must say, this is a can’t-miss event. Raptor Inc. has a long history of conservation work, and there are several great ways to get involved, take some pictures, and help with the rehabilitation process of wild birds. Let’s take a deeper look at the things that Raptor Inc. does to help conservation efforts, and at the history of this organization, and then I’ll show you how to get involved and maybe even schedule a trip to take some photographs of the birds in Raptor Inc.’s care.