Capturing Light for better photography

Capturing Light for better Photography

Do you struggle to capture great, well-lit photos? You are not alone, it seems to be one of the biggest hurdles most photographers face, but it does not have to be this way. In six easy steps, you can learn to harness any type of lighting.

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Do you struggle to capture great, well lit photos? You are not alone, it seems to be one of the biggest hurdles most photographers face, but it does not have to be this way. In six easy steps, you can learn to harness any type of lighting for your Still Life Photography, or indeed any type of Photography. Once you know HOW to control the light, you can get great photos, anytime, anywhere. This class offers a variety of styles and methods for using light, learn to make the most of what you already have, plus which products are best for you, your budget and your space. Learn how to direct light, whether it is Natural or Artificial Light to make the most of your photos, it doesn't matter what you would love to create.

Capturing Light

Learn to harness any type of lighting for your Still Life Photography, or indeed any type of Photography. Once you know HOW to control the light you can get great photos, anytime, anywhere.

Learn to harness light Learn exactly what light IS. Learn How to set mood with different lighting. Learn how to direct your light
Learn about lighting types Learn all about different lighting types, from natural light to artificial light; flash, strobes, LED and more
Learn to direct your light Learn how to harness and direct your light. Bounce, reflect, absorb and block light to you will. Learn to work with scrims and diffusers and reflectors.

What's included?

In this class, we look at equipment for getting the best out of not only natural light, but strobes, flash, continuous, LED and more, as well as many camera tips and tricks for achieving the perfect exposure for the mood you want. There are seven different modules, each with small bite-sized lessons including different types of lighting available and how to use them to your advantage.

Course curriculum

1. Welcome
2. What is Light?
1. Bonus Light Overlays
2. Bonus eBooks
3. Magic of Macro Lightroom Presets
1. Light Study - Lesson 1
2. Light Study - Lesson 2
3. Light Study - Lesson 3
1. Using different Light to set your Mood
2. Let's Look at some different Moods for Still Life
3. Let's Look at Directional Lighting
4. Directional Light - Side Light
5. Directional Light - Back Light
6. Directional Light - Top Down Light
7. Directional Light - Front Light
8. Class Challenge
1. Using Diffusers and Scrims - Part One
2. Using Diffusers and Scrims - Part Two
3. Bouncing Light
4. Reflecting Light
5. Lightroom Edit
1. Absorbing Light
2. Blocking Light
3. Directing Light
4. Lightroom Edit for all the Images
1. When and Where to use Natural Light
2. Soft and Dreamy or Airy and Ethereal Natural Light
3. Creating Light & Bright in Natural Light
4. Creating Dark & Moddy in Natural Light
5. Creating Dramatic looks in Natural Light
6. Putting it all together with the Lightroom edit
1. Why use Artificial Lights
2. Desk lamp (LED Lights)
3. Neweer LED light bank
4. Continuous Lights
5. Speed Light
6. Ring Lights
7. Studio Strobes
8. Studio Strobes - Updated
9. Working with light modifiers
10. Using a Grey Card
11. LED Pen Lights
12. Directional Lighting
13. Styling the Scene
14. Dramatic Lighting with Desk Lamp
15. Dark & Moody with a Desk Light
16. Soft and Dreamy with Desk Light
17. Light and Bright with a Desk Light
18. Lightroom Edit
1. Thank You

About this course

$79.00
50 lessons
2.5 hours of video content

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