I am generally happiest when I just have to deal with the light I am given but I am having a hip replacement operation and going to be trapped indoors for a while so thought it would be a good time to learn and try and understand lighting. I have tried a couple of times before but grew annoyed and frustrated and stormed off to the garden to take photos of birds instead.
Does anyone have any good pointers as to how to get into it. There seem to be too many expensive tutorials etc. to know where to start!
Your topic is vague about lighting. And there is so much free information on the Internet and You Tube that I have no idea why you are referring to expensive tutorials.
You can search ’ Understanding light" to learn about light in general, “Event or Wedding Photography” for using flash or “Using flash” or even try “indoor photography” to see if anything pops up. There will usually be enough stuff that you’ll go from video to video or article to article to find all the tidbits needed for what you are trying to do.