Learning to light with the inverse square rule

Everyone knows that good lighting is one of the most effective ways to achieve quality visuals. Microfilmmaker takes that idea and applies it to the low budget filmmaking philosophy with their ‘inverse square rule’, which will help decrease your lighting budget and still get you good exposures.

As scientific as it may sound, understanding the inverse square rule is very simple and mostly boils down to moving your lights in closer to your subject. Check out the full article for a complete explanation.