— Part Four of Nine — How to Find the Best Light for a Specific Photograph Article and Photographs by: Alain Briot Alain Briot is one of the most successful landscape photographers working in the U.S. today. He was educated at the Ecole des Beaux Art in Paris, has a Masters degree in Fine Art, and is currently working on his Phd. 1 — Que la lumiere soit et la lumiere fut Light, from the earliest time recorded in history has played a great importance in human culture and existence. In Genesis, God creates light. In ancient Egypt, the Pharaoh was responsible for bringing the sun back every morning. What a responsibility! The Incas worshipped the sun and a solar eclipse was seen as a foreshadow of the apocalypse. They could not comprehend that the sun could be hidden from our sight in full daylight. The Anasazi, and most contemporary Pueblo Indians, developed a sophisticated understanding of the sun’s movements in the sky. They...