I just posted a new training video titled Lighting for Impact. This is part of a 2 part series I shot with Jocelyn, but I still have a lot of work to do on the second one, so that will have to wait until later. I got the idea for this video due to the numerous questions I get every day from photographers regarding lighting style and that’s actually what started the idea for the whole web site.

In this training video, I go over all of the details of “Lighting for Impact” step by step. For example, creating edge lights for impact, using a face light, hair lights, using grids, proper use of fill lights, and reflectors as a fill. These are techniques that you will be able to learn and use in your photography.

Good Lighting is what separates great photographers from amateur photographers. Quality of light is not something that can not be achieved in Photoshop.
You can enhance things in Photoshop, but the quality of light must be created before the image is taken. Is the light hard or soft? What about shadows?

We actually did 2 different shoots on this video with completely different lighting set ups on each shoot. In the first shoot, I will show you how we use hard lighting to create impact. In the second shoot I use a softer light source, but still create a high impact feel with proper positioning of the lights. We also use our handy dandy Roscoe smoke machine with some gel lighting in the second shoot for added impact.

Check out the trailer:

Both shoots have been posted on the members website , or you can download it here.

http://www.studiostyles.net/indextest/vt/hil.html

Anyway we got some great images so I though I would post a few here.

Let me know what you think…

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