Improve Your Photography with Artificial Lighting Overview:
Enhance your photography by exploring the fascinating world of artificial lighting. This course dives into lighting fundamentals, covering the difference between natural and artificial light and the various types of equipment available, including built-in flashes, external flashes, and strobes. With detailed guidance, you’ll learn to use lighting setups to transform your photos and bring your creative vision to life.
Discover how light is used in other art forms like movies and paintings, and how these principles can inspire your photography. Explore popular lighting techniques, from three-point setups to recreating iconic lighting styles, such as Film Noir and multi-color portraits. The course also includes hands-on tips for balancing outdoor natural light with strobes and achieving stunning effects in diverse environments.
The final modules focus on refining your photos with editing techniques tailored for flash photography. By understanding how to combine lighting styles with editing tools, you’ll develop the ability to create striking, polished images that leave a lasting impression.
Learning Outcomes of Improve Your Photography with Artificial Lighting:
By completing this course, learners will be able to:
- Understand the principles of natural and artificial lighting.
- Explore various lighting equipment and their applications.
- Create diverse lighting styles, such as three-point setups and Film Noir.
- Balance artificial and natural light in outdoor photography.
- Edit photos effectively to enhance lighting effects.
Who is This Course For?
- Photographers looking to explore artificial lighting techniques.
- Content creators interested in elevating the quality of their photos.
- Artists seeking to apply lighting concepts from films and paintings to photography.
- Bloggers and influencers aiming to create visually captivating imagery.
- Event photographers wanting to improve indoor and low-light photography.
Certification of Improve Your Photography with Artificial Lighting:
Enhance your profile with a CPD-accredited certificate, available for an additional cost after course completion.
Requirements:
This course does not have academic entry requirements and is open to students of all backgrounds.
Career Paths:
After successfully completing this Improve Your Photography with Artificial Lighting course, you can enhance your career prospects in various fields:
- Portrait Photographer: £20,000–£35,000/year
- Event Photographer: £25,000–£40,000/year
- Photo Editor: £22,000–£35,000/year
- Creative Content Producer: £30,000–£50,000/year
- Studio Lighting Technician: £28,000–£45,000/year
And Many More!
Course Curriculum
Introduction | |||
Welcome to the Lighting Course | 00:02:00 | ||
Where Your Photography Skills Should Be for This Course | 00:02:00 | ||
What is Light? And How to Use It? | |||
Natural light vs. Artificial light | 00:03:00 | ||
Built-In Flash vs. External Flash vs. Off Camera Flash vs. Strobe | 00:03:00 | ||
Common Terms to Know | 00:11:00 | ||
Lighting in Other Art Forms (Paintings & Movies) | 00:16:00 | ||
Lighting Demonstrations | |||
Three Point Lighting | 00:14:00 | ||
Lighting with a Single Constant Light | 00:08:00 | ||
Lighting with a Built-In Camera Flash | 00:08:00 | ||
Lighting with an On-Board External Camera Flash | 00:32:00 | ||
Lighting with an Off-Camera Flash / Strobe | 00:40:00 | ||
Lighting Styles | |||
Let’s Recreate a Lady Gaga Photo | 00:11:00 | ||
Hard Light, Film Noir Lighting | 00:10:00 | ||
Split Lighting, Multi-Color Portrait | 00:09:00 | ||
Outdoor Portrait: Strobe vs. Sun | 00:10:00 | ||
Editing Your Flash Photos | |||
Tips for Editing Your Photos | 00:10:00 | ||
Conclusion | |||
Thank You | 00:03:00 |
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