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Lighting 201

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Overview

Lighting 201 builds on the simple foundational tips on effective exposure techniques found in Lighting 101. Lighting 201comprises 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 Loungegive 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 201will 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 gearand 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

Class Trailer
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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