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Hard vs soft light and color temp questions 1. What are the three light characteristics? Coherence, color temp, and light intensity 2. What does it mean to talk about the coherence of light? Coherence is the softness or hardness of the light 3. What is hard light? Hard light is when the light originates from a small point and gives a crisp look 4. How does hard light effect the subject? Hard light makes the subject look crisper and more defined 5. What is soft light? Diffused light that has the opposite effect as hard light. 6. How does soft light effect the subject? Soft light tends to hide surface irregularities and detail. 7. Which type of light would be used in glamour work? Why? Soft light would be used because it would get rid of skin irregularities and make the subject look smoother. 8. What does color temperature refer too? Color temperature refers to the color, like white light. 9. What does the color of sunlight vary? The angle of the sun changes and causes the light to travel through the atmosphere differently. 10. Why is the color temperature of shade higher than direct sunlight? Direct sunlight is whiter rather than the glowing nature of shaded light. 11. What color of light is standard lighting? Most standard lights are warm white lights from fluorescent bulbs. 12. Fluorescent lamps cast what colors? They cast a warm, white light. 13. How will compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) effect light color? They can enhance cooler colors like blue, green and violet. 14. How do video cameras balance colors? Some cameras have fluorescent light filters. 15. What are color balanced fluorescent lamps? These are bulbs that have been specially designed to smooth out the color