Ambient light refers to
all light in a scene that is not artificial light, the light provided by the photographer.
Sunlight, candlelight or lamplight surrounding environment
can produce light in a photograph.
Usually, photographers use the ambient
light in or around an object
to produce a mood or feeling of the resulting image. This subtle technique is
known in the film community as a low-key
lighting.When you take a picture of light, for example at Christmas, experts suggest to maximize the ambient light. Flash photography can be hard, unbearable to the serenity and sweetness of an image. Therefore, instead of Flash use, the addition of candles or incandescent lighting can improve the environmental of a scene without dominating.
Another common way in which the ambient light creates an atmosphere is how certain scenes are deliberately lit. For example, if a photographer wants to create a cooling effect or disturbing, it tends to use the ambient light coming from under the image, which appears larger and therefore more threatening.
However, if there is no clear distinction between an image and its background, ambient light should not be the only source of light for photography. In these cases, the ambient light must be increased either by flash photography photographer or other light sources of supply.
