Finding the light- a photography course!

Name: Finding the light- a photography course!
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Tips and tricks to find premium lighting in your photoshoots.

Created byAngie Monson

Last updated 3/2022

English

What you'll learn

How to shoot indoors/studio shooting and settings I use on my camera and photo examples.
How to see the differences between rim light, side light, back light, and flat light and how to find catch light.
How to shoot in lighting situations that are cloudy or overcast, what settings I use and photo examples.
What are the best times of days to shoot and how to find locations for the best lighting.
How to shoot back light situations, what lens and settings I use, and photo examples.
How to shoot after the sun first sets, settings I use and photo examples.

Course content

1 section • 9 lectures • 38m total length

Introduction0:53
How to shoot indoors and get the best lighting7:14
In this section, I teach you how to shoot the best photos indoors and how to check lighting with your hand. I tell you my favorite lens to use, my camera settings, and give image examples.
How to shoot outdoors and how to identify different lighting8:15
I teach you how to find the best lighting and how to pose your client to find the catch light. I tell you the lens I use, my camera settings, and give image examples.
How to shoot in lighting situations that are cloudy or overcast4:47
I show you how to shoot when it's more overcast or cloudy, what lens I use, camera settings, and image examples.
What are the best times of day for shooting and how to find the best locations.5:10
I teach you the best times of day and how to scout the best locations for premium lighting.
How to play with light4:01
I show you how to see the differences between, back light, side light, rim light, flat light, and direct light, and how to find catchlights and what all these all mean!
How to shoot back light4:54
I show you how to shoot in back lighting situations and how to pose your clients, what lens and settings I use, and photo examples.
How to shoot after sunset2:24
I teach you how I shoot in the first 10 minutes after the sun sets, the lens I use, my camera settings and photo examples.
conclusion1:13

Requirements

Grab your camera and learn some basic tips and tricks of finding the very best lighting for the situation you're in!

Description

Finding premium light is key to creating a beautiful photograph. As photographers, we should be able to walk into any lighting situation and know what light will work best for the type of photograph you are creating (this varies depending on what you are shooting- portraits, landscape, or product). On top of that, we should know what lens will produce the look we are going for as well. Obviously, this takes time to find your style of shooting, but light is light and knowing how to use it to your advantage is key to creating high-quality images that are sharp and require little editing. You will know that you have beautiful, high-quality light when it looks great straight out of the camera. This saves you so much time in post-production!

Angie will show you little tricks she has learned over 15 years of photographing people. In this course she will cover the following:

*Rim light

*Sidelight

*Backlight

*Flat light

*Finding catchlights

*Direct light (full sun)

*Edge of Light

*Tips on finding the light when your client isn't present

*Image examples & camera settings

*my favorite lens to use in different situations

After this course you will be able to feel more confident going into a photo shoot and coming out with beautiful photos for your clients!

Who this course is for:

Intermediate photographers who aren't so sure about how to find the best lighting for your photos