Re: [OM] Be careful where you sit...

[WayneS]

At 12:54 PM 1/4/2009, you wrote:
>I just answered my own question from the recesses of my memory.  The 
>difference is between a point and an extended light source.  The wall is 
>an extended source and does not radiate in all directions as does a 
>point source.

The difference is not about the subject being the light source
but rather the subject is illuminated, hence its intensity is what it
is. Just because the photographer is further from the subject
does not change its illumination.

WayneS


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