High Impact Lighting

Studio Lighting

   In this video  I will teach you the art of light for impact. To me understanding light is to understand photography.  Great light is what separates great photographers from ordinary photographers and Controlling the light is one of a photographers most important jobs. Light is the main tool photographers  have to create a three dimensional world on a flat piece of photographic paper.

   Lighting obviously sets the mood of the portrait and therefore is the most important thing is to be aware of the characteristics of the light you have chosen. i.e. hard or soft. Once I have chosen the main light source attachment I set to work lighting the subject, painting with the other lights, and where necessary add attachments. It is important to get the lighting right so you don't have to fix it in Photoshop. In these videos we will show you 3 different shoots start to finish and cover the lighting step by step.

High Impact Lighting Pt.1

   In the first shoot we use a very hard edge light to evoke emotion and feeling in the photograph and create impact. We show you the placement of each light and explain why.  Watch as we meter each light in the set up and explain their settings...  We will also teach you how to create this high impact background very inexpensively.

High Impact Lighting Pt.2

   In the next shoot we stay with our theme of high impact lighting and introduce a smoke machine and some color gels for added impact. We will explain the lighting set up step by step.  Watch as we work directly with the model during the photo shoot to achieve these poses and high impact results.

Tungsten in Daylight

   In the final shoot we we will photograph our model  with one tungsten hard edge light source. In this video you will learn  how we mix light sources and balance it with day light coming through the studio window. 

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