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Depth & Light

A Portrait photo carries the depth the camera measured when it took it, and that is enough to light the scene again afterward — with lights that wrap around a subject, fall off with distance, and are blocked by whatever stands in the way. Seven articles on how that works, from the measurement hidden in the file to the photograph that comes out the other end. The ideas are general; the app I built on them is Rake.

The Depth a Photo Carries When the Photo Has No Depth From Depth to Surface Three Lights, Like a Studio Shadows That Something Blocks Four Looks, One Rig Keeping the Original