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CreativeLive

Lighting 201

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Overview


Lighting 201 builds on the simple foundational tips on effective exposure techniques found in Lighting 101. Lighting 201 comprises 10 hours of education on advanced, off-camera flash lighting over nearly 20 different shoots. You will learn just how much can be achieved with just one inexpensive off-camera light source.

In this course, Pye Jirsa of SLR Lounge give you tips on how to:

  • Use light manipulation to turn extreme lighting situations like the midday sun or the night sky into stunning background imagery for portraiture.
  • Develop a sense of placement strategy in shoots with complex lighting and limited, portable gear
  • Composite images in post-production to achieve the best possible light
Lighting 201 will also help you develop fluency in using the right light modifiers for the job, whether they be speed-lights, strobes or main-lights. Lighting 201 also features an in-depth exploration of the mechanics of professional lighting gear and step-by-step walkthroughs of the gear setup for each shoot. 
Graduate to the next level of exposure mastery with Lighting 301 and Lighting 401 with Pye Jirsa.

Syllabus

  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • Welcome to Lighting 201!
  • OCF = Anytime/Anyplace
  • Chapter 2 Introduction
  • Wired, Infrared or Radio?
  • “Pocket, Medium, Full Strobe?”
  • Our 3 Favorite Flashes “Pocket Strobes”
  • 4 More Flashes “Pocket Strobes” Worth Looking At
  • Our 2 Favorite Medium Strobes
  • Understanding Radios Part I: Channels & Groups
  • Our 2 Favorite Radio Triggers
  • 5 Simple Steps to Trouble Shooting Radios/OCFs
  • Fantastic ND Filters at Any Price Range
  • Our Favorite “Sticks”
  • Our Favorite Ultra-Portable OCF Light Modifiers
  • 12 Mounting and Must-Have Lighting Accessories
  • Gear Setup - Setting Up a Light Stand or “Stick”
  • Gear Setup - Setting Up a Monopod Light or “Boom Stick”
  • Gear Setup - Setting Up a “Medium Boom Stick”
  • Gear Setup - Setting Up a Manual Flash “Big Boom Stick”
  • Gear Setup - Setting Up a Full Feature Flash “Big Boom Stick”
  • Chapter 3 Introduction
  • 8 Steps to Perfecting Each Scene & Image When Using OCF
  • Over Powering the Sun - Part I
  • Over Powering the Sun - Part II
  • Slow Down! Watch the Details
  • More Power Without The Power
  • Adding to Existing Light - Part I
  • Bare Bulbing with Large Groups
  • Back Lighting to Create Interest
  • Getting Crazy with the “Whip Pan”
  • Chapter 4 Introduction
  • The Flash Modifier You Already Own
  • The Oh-So Powerful Umbrella
  • Large Group Shots with an Umbrella
  • Exposure Balancing via Lightroom
  • Portable Softboxes - Westcott Apollo
  • More Light Control, Just Grid It!
  • Dusk + Modified Pocket Strobes
  • More Power? Medium Strobes FTW!
  • Perfect It In-Camera. Then Photoshop
  • Adding to Existing Light - Part II
  • Adding or Enhancing Light Direction
  • Our Ideal Group Lighting Technique
  • Incorporating Flares with Flash
  • Cutting Light, Grids and GOBOs
  • Chapter 5 Introduction
  • Fog + Flash + Grid = Dramatic Change
  • BYOL! The 3-Light Setup That Only Requires One Light!
  • What About the Fill Light?
  • Backlight + GOBO + Fog = Magic
  • Drawing Attention via Light Shaping
  • Visualizing Lights & Color Shifts
  • Mixing Ambient + Gobo w/ Flash
  • Better Light Can Change Everything!
  • Chapter 6 Introduction
  • Subtle Refinement = Massive Difference
  • Great Light Changes Everything! Part II
  • Manually Triggered RCS + Shutter Drag
  • The Right Power for Each Scene
  • Dodging and Burning via Light In-Camera
  • Subtle Light for Natural Portraits
  • Light Modification & Simple Compositing
  • Expanding Your Photographic Vision

Taught by

SLR Lounge and Pye Jirsa

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