Creative Lighting for Interiors Photography

Now we're gonna talk about the equipment needed for the job, with emphasis on the features we really need to work with this kind of lighting successfully. In this lesson I'll cover the camera and lenses. And do we have a theme for this lesson? Absolutely. 8-bit personal computer video game loading screens, of course!

In this second lesson about equipment I'll cover the notebook, tripod and the light meter (spoiler: you don't need one).

This is the third and final lesson about equipment. Here we'll cover supplies, the workstation and your assistant - who's not and equipment, of course (unless you manage to get yourself a robot one).

Finally it's time to talk about the lighting equipment! Yup, we saved the best for last. In this lesson I'll introduce you to my dearest lighting tool: the bazooka. And we'll season that with some 50's alien hysteria!

The coolest thing about the bazooka is that you can build it yourself at home. Here I'll teach you how to do just that.

This is the last lesson on equipment and the third one on lighting tools. Here I'll show you the wand, the hand spot and the quartz light.

If that's one thing that can make your life easier and the job flow better, that's keeping the client involved with the production of the photos. Let's talk about it.

There's something in photography that I call the "advertising texture". That's what separates product, advertising photography from everyday photography. Here I'll present you this very important concept.

When shooting interiors we can use any lens, right? From an ultra wide 10 mm up to a normal 70 mm, for example. So, which one should we choose? What are the implications of going wide or normal or telephoto? Time to find out.

In this lesson I'll give you a brief description of the technique. This is gonna be important because it affects some decisions about positioning the camera and preparing the scene. Time to know how Creative Lighting actually works!

Preparing the scene for an advertising shot is something we must be very careful about. And in this lesson we'll cover just that: how to prepare your room for the photo. (spoiler: for this lesson the theme is a classic!)

This is the part II of preparing the scene for the photo.

Creative Lighting is such a unique technique that it has it's own pitfalls. Here I'll cover them all so you don't have to learn them the way I did - by falling in every single one. Ouch.

In this lesson I'll introduce a terminology that will stick with us for the rest of the course, so keep your eyes peeled!

The natural light plays a fundamental role in architecture photography. Here I'll teach you how to bring it to your Creative Lighting.

Every interior scene has it's own original lighting, and a good photo will always capture it perfectly. Let's see how to do it.

The last part of the lighting - and by far the most exciting! - is to do your own creative work. Here I'll teach you how to do it.

A perfect communication is always welcome. So in this lesson I'll open a parenthesis and introduce a new word for the course's vocabulary. This will be very useful to avoid misunderstandings later.

With the new word at the tip of our tongues we'll go back to lighting our scene.

Some final thoughts on this lighting technique.

With Creative Lighting you have absolute control over the color temperature of your scene. That means you have to be aware of it all the time. Let's talk about it.

In this lesson I'll show you step by step how to post process the material you captured in your shooting session.

In this second case study we're gonna do exactly the same thing we did in the lesson before, but studying the photo this other scene, a meeting room. Gonna teach a couple good extra tricks here.

You know everything you need to know to start experimenting with your own Creative Lighting. It's time for your first solo flight!

Shooting two or even three scenes in one day is possible. In this lesson I'll teach you how.

With Creative Lighting you can easily turn the day into night. In this lesson I'll show you how to do it.

How many should you use in your scene? Lets talk a little bit about it.

In this lesson I'll show you what can be done with a tool like the Quartz Light. Check it out!

The hand spot is an amazing tool to create realistic light effects in your scene. Here you'll see it in action in many scenes.

The wand is a tool that can create some really unique effects. In this lesson I'll show you what can be done with it.

In this lesson you'll learn how to use your lighting tools to create effects that can add a lot to a scene.

When you plan your Creative Lighting shooting session you can make your job much easier. In this lesson I'll show you how to do that.

In this lesson we'll continue our discussion about how to plan the shooting session, and I'll show you this kind of planning in practice.

Creative Lighting is full of surprises, and good ones. In this lesson I'll show you how you can take advantage of them!

Anyone who wants to be a good products photographer should understand diffuse and specular reflections and above all to master them. Here I'll teach you how to do it in Creative Lighting.

When something moves in your scene you have to know exactly what to do. Let's go over some different scenarios and see what can be done.

With creative lighting you can create images with very low noise - but you have to be aware it at all times. In this lesson I'll show you how to achieve images smooth as silk.

Many times when shooting interiors you'll come across mirror like surfaces. In this lesson you'll learn how to take advantage of them and enrich your scene.

The creative freedom this technique gives you can be overwhelming. Let's talk about deciding when to stop creating.

Understanding keystoning is key for any architecture photographer. Here you'll learn what it is.

In this lesson you'll learn how to correct this distortion and make your images free of it.

Barrel/pincushion is another kind of distortion that every architecture photographer should be aware of. Let's see what it is and how to correct it.

In this lesson you'll learn a very effective trick that can create some really nice effects.

Interiors photographers many times just forget that furniture can be moved around. In this series of lessons we're gonna talk about changing the layout of a scene to make it work for you.

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