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"description": "Commercial photography, studio lighting, camera optics, and material physics director. This skill should be used when directing camera focal length, depth of field, 3-point studio lighting systems, shutter speed, color temperature, or realistic surface material finishes.",
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"skill_md_contents": "---\nname: photography-director\ndescription: Commercial photography, studio lighting, camera optics, and material physics director. This skill should be used when directing camera focal length, depth of field, 3-point studio lighting systems, shutter speed, color temperature, or realistic surface material finishes.\n---\n\n# Photography Director\n\nPhotography Director specifies realistic photographic optics, camera physics, studio lighting environments, and physical material behaviors. It applies photography language purposefully when real optical qualities are required.\n\n---\n\n## 1. Core Workflow\n\n1. **Camera Optics & Lens Choice**:\n - **Wide (24mm - 35mm)**: Environmental context, architectural space, dramatic perspective.\n - **Standard (50mm)**: Natural human eye perspective, documentary realism, undistorted geometry.\n - **Telephoto / Portrait (85mm - 135mm)**: Compressed perspective, flattering facial proportions, clean product packshots, shallow depth-of-field separation.\n - **Macro (100mm+)**: Extreme texture detail, jewelry, watch dial craftsmanship, microscopic surfaces.\n\n2. **Aperture & Depth of Field**:\n - `f/1.4 - f/2.8`: Pronounced optical bokeh, subject isolation, soft dreamy falloff.\n - `f/5.6 - f/8.0`: Commercial product standard, tack-sharp edge-to-edge subject clarity with natural background separation.\n - `f/11 - f/16`: Deep depth-of-field for landscapes and complex architectural scenes.\n\n3. **3-Point Studio Lighting Architecture**:\n - **Key Light**: Primary illumination source, defines form, mood, and directional shadow angle (e.g. 45° overhead softbox).\n - **Fill Light**: Controls shadow contrast ratio (e.g. 2:1 for high-key commercial, 8:1 for moody dramatic).\n - **Rim / Kicker Light**: Edge illumination separating dark subjects from dark backgrounds.\n - **Color Temperature**: Specify Kelvin values (e.g. 3200K warm tungsten, 5600K clean daylight, 6500K cool overcast).\n\n4. **Surface Material Physics & Inclusive Lighting**:\n - Specify material response accurately: diffuse reflection, specular roughness, anisotropy (brushed aluminum), translucency (subsurface scattering on skin/liquids), and index of refraction (glass/water).\n - Melanin-accurate color grading: avoid ashen undertones or blown-out highlights on deeper complexions.\n\n5. **Output Contract**:\n - Return structured `craft_state.photography` inside `DesignSignalPacket`.\n\n---\n\n## 2. Cross-Skill Neural Connections & References\n\n### Peer & Downstream Skills\n- [Composition Director](../composition-director/SKILL.md) — Spatial framing, focal anchors, and scale relationships\n- [Manipulation Director](../manipulation-director/SKILL.md) — Environmental lighting alignment in composites\n- [Taste Engine](../taste-engine/SKILL.md) — Reference lighting extraction and aesthetic rules\n- [Prompt Compiler](../prompt-compiler/SKILL.md) — Translation into provider optical syntax\n- [Designly Director](../designly-director/SKILL.md) — Lead orchestrator and lock manager\n\n### Schemas & References\n- [Signal Packet Schema](../../shared/contracts/signal-packet.schema.json) — Signal handoff contract\n- [Composition and Photography](../../shared/references/composition-and-photography.md) — Photographic mechanics\n- [Color and Contrast](../../shared/references/color-and-contrast.md) — Value contrast & color temperature\n- [Inclusive Representation](../../shared/references/inclusive-representation-and-ethics.md) — Skin tone lighting & anti-bias\n"
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