I've posted a couple of new illustrated lighting tutorials over on Flickr explaining the two basic techniques used for yesterday's photos of a violinist.

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  • How to use any wall as a black background
    Get to grips with this technique and you'll have a good foundation for many other styles of lighting, especially ones involving ratios.
  • Silhouette lighting
    This one isn't as important as you'll only ever use this technique for creating silhouettes but if you need to do it then this is how.