Lighting for Photographers: Portraiture
Lighting for Photographers: Portraiture
MP4 | Video: 720p | Duration: 1:11:46 | English | Subtitles: VTT | 555.3 MB
MP4 | Video: 720p | Duration: 1:11:46 | English | Subtitles: VTT | 555.3 MB
In this course, photographer and teacher Natalie Fobes introduces the techniques behind lighting for portraiture. The course begins with a look at the role of light in setting the mood of a portrait, and then looks at the essential gear photographers need for continuous-light portraiture. (Much of the course is also applicable to strobe lighting.)
Next, Natalie details a variety of common one-light and two-light lighting techniques, explaining exposure, metering considerations, and light modifiers along the way.
The course concludes with several lighting tips, including minimizing physical challenges and do-it-yourself lighting gear instructions.
Topics include:
- Understanding lighting positions
- Deconstructing photos to study lighting
- Lighting a portrait for a Rembrandt pattern
- Backlighting in portraits
- Examining a four-light portrait scenario
- Lighting for different skin tones