{"id":2978,"date":"2021-10-01T12:46:37","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T19:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=2978"},"modified":"2021-10-01T12:46:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T19:46:53","slug":"the-inverse-square-rule-of-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/the-inverse-square-rule-of-light\/","title":{"rendered":"The Inverse Square Rule Of Light"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"689\" data-attachment-id=\"2980\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/the-inverse-square-rule-of-light\/pexels-kristina-paukshtite-5429056\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-kristina-paukshtite-5429056.jpg?fit=2000%2C1346&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1346\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pexels-kristina-paukshtite-5429056\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-kristina-paukshtite-5429056.jpg?fit=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-kristina-paukshtite-5429056.jpg?fit=1024%2C689&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-kristina-paukshtite-5429056.jpg?resize=1024%2C689&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-kristina-paukshtite-5429056.jpg?resize=1024%2C689&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-kristina-paukshtite-5429056.jpg?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-kristina-paukshtite-5429056.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m seeing people in Zoom shows with a ton of lights and the lights are all spread out and far away. We want large light sources as close to us as possible. When we move a light away we lose a lot of power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inverse square rule says that we loose double what we might intuit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If a light is 1 foot away from my hand, and I move it to 2 feet away. The brightness of my hand is not cut to 50%. It&#8217;s cut to 25%. That is much dimmer. Every little bit counts.  We&#8217;re talking 4 times the brightness every time we move a light halfway in. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m seeing people in Zoom shows with a ton of lights and the lights are all spread out and far away. We want large light sources as close to us as possible. When we move a light away we lose a lot of power. 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