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Lighting
General lighting tips
NEW: Recognizing Creative Triggers in any Environment (2:12:08)
Ambient - Existing Man-made Light
Part 1 - Miss Philippines in the lobby of a hotel
Part 2 - Overhead fluorescent light in a parking garage
Part 3 - Using a bedside sconce and photographing in the lobby of a hotel
Part 4 - In the bathroom and hallway of a hotel and creating a shadow of an umbrella and shooting through material
Part 5 - Reception reflection, bedside lamp, sconce, overhead light and a stairwell
Backlit
Part 1 - Puddle reflection at dusk (3:56)
Part 2 - Running through birds, using trees as a background and shadows of shoes
Part 3 - Long shadows and an arrow, in a tunnel and in a hallway and switching to the tungsten white balance
Part 4 - The lights at LACMA and off camera flash with a dark background
Candle Light
4 people in the style of a movie poster
Continuous Light (Florescent, Video, LED)
Part 1 - Photographing a couple in a variety of ways using one Westcott Spiderlite TD-6
Part 2 - Mirror reflection and shining a light through objects to create interesting shadows
Part 3 - Uplighting, side lighting and reflections off glass and a piano
Part 4 - Using reflection off a frame, shining a light through objects to create different lighting patterns
Part 5 - Video light on a couple, backlit fountain and a church in the background (4:02)
Part 6 - Balancing video light with ambient light of a church (2:48)
Diffusers
Part 1 - A couple sitting in tall grass and standing in a forest
Part 2 - A before and after of a couple sitting on stairs with the sun and then using a diffuser
Part 3 - Finding diffusers in your environment
Part 4 - Using translucent glass as a diffuser and for a reflection of a bride
Ice Light
Part 1 - A couple with a vintage car in Peru
Part 2 - Night shots of a couple using 2 Ice Lights over Melbourne's skyline
Part 3 - In London with red telephone boxes
Part 4 - Night shots with a couple using barn doors, reflections and existing light
Part 5 - Adding contrast to a couple outdoors
Part 6 - Night shots of couples with ambient light in the background
Part 7 - Close up of a couple and the difference of using 1 and 2 Ice Lights and split lighting
Part 8 - Outdoors of a couple with Xmas lights in the background and a couple in a telephone booth
Part 9 - The difference of one light vs 2 lights on a male face, a reflection off a tv combining an Ice Light with window light
Part 10 - Detail shots of a bride in a bedroom (1:49)
Part 11 - A couple with 2 mirror facing each other (4:47)
Part 12 - Backlit shot of groomsmen smoking cigars (00:54)
Part 13 - Backlit shot of a groom smoking a cigar (00:27)
Part 14 - A couple on a stairwell (1:17)
Part 15 - A triple reflection from a bevelled mirror (1:06)
Part 16 - A reflection from a sign of a girl (00:47)
Part 17 - Shooting a couple on the streets of New Orleans (10:39)
Part 18 - Using a construction worker's grinder for ambient light at night (2:34)
Part 19 - Night shots of a couple in Melbourne's Docklands (8:26)
Part 20 - Illuminating the Ice Light through a glass panel of a door (4:25)
Part 21 - A girl on a couch and emulating window light (8:19)
Part 22 - A girl from above using barn doors (2:21)
Part 23 - The difference between a girl against a wall and away from the wall (4:12)
Part 24 - Using the Ice Light case to create a smaller light source (3:33)
Part 25 - Shooting through and a reflection of textured glass (3:44)
Part 26 - Light with barn doors from above of a girl on a couch (2:39)
Part 27 - A girl resting on a banister (2:25)
Part 28 - Adding contrast outdoors to a girl with a shallow depth of field (1:43)
Part 29 - Clamshell lighting outdoors in overcast lighting (2:49)
Part 30 - Shooting during the day under bridge creating a cinematic look by changing the white balance to tungsten
Off-Camera Flash - On Location Strobe
A girl lying on rocks in Sweden
Off-Camera Flash - Speedlight
Part 1 - A couple on the streets of Chicago and backlighting steam from a manhole
Part 2 - Firing a flash through a diffuser and removing distraction by shooting from a low angle
Part 3 - Using 1 and 2 speedlights, single male subjects, 3 guys and underexposing the background
Part 4 - Firing the flash through a parasol and firing the flash through a shopping cart
Part 5 - Using your environment to frame your subjects
Part 6 - Reflecting flash light off a white shirt
Part 7 - Reflection of legs from a puddle (1:59)
Part 8 - Using a street lamp to illuminate a girl and backlit with rain (2:03)
Part 9 - Shooting the Colosseum in Rome at dusk (3:48)
Part 10 - On a textured wall on the streets of Rome (1:03)
Part 11 - Bride leaning on a textured wall (1:40)
Part 12 - Firing a flash through a diffuser of a girl at the beach (6:26)
Part 13 - Isolating the background with a couple in the foreground (3:25)
Omega Reflector
Part 1 - A blond girl in a pool backlit with the sun
Part 2 - Closeup of a blond girl and a couple backlit with the sun
Part 3 - Close up of 2 girls backlit with the sun
On Camera Flash
On-Camera Flash (Live demo) (1:33:09)
Part 1 - My typical on camera bounce flash technique indoors
Part 2 - A before and after of a girl walking using front facing flash and then bounced flash
Part 3 - A couple on a stairwell with video light vs bounced flash (7:18)
Open Shade/Overcast
Part 1 - On the streets of Budapest with reflections, hugging, walking, next to a statue and lifting the bride
Part 2 - Using an arch to frame a couple, reflection from a store window and compressing the background
Part 3 - Removing distraction, reflecting off a marble wall and shooting with a shallow depth of field
Part 4 - Using monuments to frame a couple and shooting from above
Part 5 - Broad side vs short side, creating shadows on a face and using the texture from a fence
Part 6 - Compressing a red background with a couple standing, sitting and closeups
Part 7 - Using and isolating the natural environment with a couple lying down, girl with trees and couple with bushes in the foreground
Part 8 - Using a wall in the foreground to frame a couple and reflecting light from a wall on to the subject
Part 9 - Using an arch to frame a couple in the foreground
Part 10 - Using a wall, car, house front and a back windshield to add interest
Part 11 - Compressing the background to isolate the point of interest
Part 12 - Using a sign to frame a couple, an umbrella as a prop, shooting from a low angle to remove distraction and using a reflection from a back windshield
Part 13 - Full length of girl in front of red phone boxes and a girl sitting on her boyfriend's lap with a shallow depth of field
Part 14 - Using reflections when photographing a couple
Reflectors - Alternative
Part 1 - Using the white rim of a hat as a reflector
Part 2 - Using a roller blind to illuminate a bride and a the light from a groomsman's shirt onto to a groom
Part 3 - Light reflected from a wall and glass facade of a building
Part 4 - Using a speedlight light reflecting from a white shirt
Part 5 - Using a roller blind to illuminate a bride and the sun off a white shirt
Part 6 - Using the bride's dress, groom's face and a cake as a reflector
Reflectors - Photographic
Part 1 - Reflecting the sun off the silver side of a reflector
Part 2 - Reflecting the sun onto a bridal couple with a pink background and in the back seat of a car
Part 3 - Backlighting males subjects with the sun and reflecting light on their faces
Part 4 - Before and after of with an without a reflector in a male torso and subjects in the open shade of a carport
Part 5 - Isolating a shopfront, dark trees in the background and foliage
Part 6 - Cutting light with hair or the black side of a reflector
Part 7 - Girl leaning on a pillar and contrast to a 3/4 shot of a couple
Part 8 - Backlit with the sun and reflecting onto a guy (00:57)
Silhouette
Part 1 - A couple walking at sunset
Part 2 - Profile of a bride and a couple facing each other
Part 3 - Underexposing the sky at a vineyard and shooting low, sunset at the beach and a couple hiking
Part 4 - Isolating the light from a backlit wall feature with a bride and then a groom wearing glasses (1:00)
Part 5 - Isolating a lamp shade with a closeup of a couple (1:21)
Part 6 - A couple dancing framed by trees in front of an orange brick background
Street Light/Street Sign
Part 1 - Using the light from a banister and a street sign at night of a girl and then with her boyfriend
Part 2 - Lights and reflections from a storefront with and without an Ice Light of girl and then with her boyfriend
Part 3 - A reflection and light through a window display of a couple and male subjects
Part 4 - Using a variety of different size and color street signs
Part 5 - Using a wall sconce and isolating ambient light on a ceiling with a male subject
Part 6 - Bride sitting on the ground overlooking Sydney Harbour Bridge, using a street lamp and a spot light on the ground
Part 7 - A variety of subjects with different crops using a street sign
Part 8 - A couple on a staircase in Rome using an overhead lamp (3:17)
Sunlight
Part 1 - Pockets of light with the shadows of trees on a wall
Part 2 - Pockets of light on a sidewalk and through foliage of a girl
Part 3 - Framing a subject with the shadows of a fence and a pocket of sunlight on a wall
Part 4 - Photographing a girl and guy in front of a concrete background
Part 5 - Shadows of trees on a white wall with female subjects
Part 6 - A couple with a yellow sculpture, a couple with a red textured background and a couple in front of a yellow wall with the veil lifting up
Part 7 - Bride laying on the ground in a pocket of light and girl kneeling on the sand
Part 8 - Pockets of light, with and without sun and using shadows to frame the subjects
Part 9 - Using shadows to frame and isolate a subject, crop a face of a girl, guy and couple
Part 10 - Bride with her body side lit and the groom's body front lit with their faces towards the sun and a bride sitting leaning on a fence
Part 11 - Compressing the background of a yellow wall, columns and a lifting the bride and frames by buildings
Part 12 - Creating shadows from sunlight through a staircase, trees and a textured fence
Part 13 - Shooting a couple in a variety of ways with a concrete background
Part 14 - Lifting the face to the sun, framing the groom with shadows, creating shadows with the veil and the difference of f2.8 and f22
Part 15 - Using shadows to create patterns, fames and texture on and to frames various subjects
Part 16 - Creating interesting shadows by the sun shining though lace
Part 17 - Before and after of a mother and child with a different perspective and meaning
Part 18 - At dusk of a girl sitting on rocks at the beach (3:38)
Part 19 - Good, better, best! Shots of Melissa wearing a red dress on a rooftop (00:31)
Part 20 - Bride playing with her dress in a field of yellow flowers (00:29)
Part 21 - Bride leaning on a hand rail framed by a red bridge in the background (00:12)
Part 22 - Shooting through textured glass of a girl wearing a red scarf (1:00)
Window Light
Part 1 - A variety of bridal portraits with different poses, crops and expressions
Part 2 - Light coming though a doorway for a variety of shots of a couple together, alone , using reflections and close crops
Part 3 - In an abandon warehouse against a rustic background and shooting through textured glass
Part 4 - Closeups of a couple illuminated by a skylight
Part 5 - Light from a doorway, close crop on a girl's face and turning the body away from the light and the face back in
Part 6 - A variety of subjects with different poses in the same location
Part 7 - Using the reflection from a mirror resting on a bed, framing a couple with a painting and using drapes
Part 8 - Adding drama to a male portrait and using 2 window lights
Part 9 - Photographing the same bride sitting on a chair and triple reflections from a bevelled mirror
Part 10 - One window vs 2 windows and using 2 Ice Lights in a similar way
WPPI Lighting Seminar
Sun (20:16)
Open Shade (2:55)
Window Light (11:35)
Reflectors (5:19)
Ambient (6:00)
Candle Light (4:33)
Off Camera Flash (10:27)
Video Light (4:48)
Continuous Fluorescent (1:16)
Part 9 - Photographing the same bride sitting on a chair and triple reflections from a bevelled mirror
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