Over the years, photographers have perfected the art studio lighting. They work in traditional, light-controlled studios with various combinations of continuous and strobe lighting, bouncing in backfill to create the perfect highlights, shadows, softness and drama. It's a process of adding light in a controlled way to achieve a natural look.
Increasingly though, creative directors and photographers have started to ask why we go to the effort to recreate natural light instead of simply using natural light?