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Michele-
It doesn't matter where you shoot. I have a portable photo studio I take with me so I'm using the same lights, camera and misc. equiptment wherever I go. If I have to shoot out of doors I then recreate the lighting indoors so I have more control over subtlely altering the lighting on the model. Then I integrate the two references.
Lighting is the most important aspect of any painting. That's why Thomas Eakins called lighting "the big tool." Knowing photography has nothing to do with the true understanding of lighting.
Again you have to understand the difference of how the eye perceives light and contrast versus how the camera does. If you look at the photo Beth took at my workshop in Greensboro, the lighting looks very harsh. It certainly didn't look that way in the studio.
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