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The Portrait Lighting Challenge: Natural vs Studio

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Overview

As a photographer, nothing defines your talent more than your ability to capture, create, and place the right lighting. Award-winning portrait photographer Sue Bryce joins studio lighting expert Felix Kunze for a portrait lighting masterclass covering the most universally used portrait scenarios. You'll learn how to work with both natural and studio light so you're prepared to walk into any environment and take a gorgeous photograph.

Sue, internationally renowned for her ability to paint portrait subjects with the glow of natural light, will teach you how she sets up different lighting scenarios. Felix, who's worked with some of the top photographers in the world, will then take the reins and replicate Sue's shot using artificial lighting techniques he's honed through experience. The two seasoned photographers will take turns shooting, each learning from and asking questions of the other in real time.

By the end of this course, you'll know how to shoot a variety of portrait styles, including the classic beauty shot, the silhouette, high-contrast glamour, the soft flat light portrait, and old-school Hollywood glamour, all with both natural and artificial light.

Syllabus

  • Class Trailer
  • Class Introduction
  • Shoot: Natural Light Portraits - Maisie
  • Shoot: Natural Light Portraits - Katie
  • Shoot: Natural Light Portraits - LaQuan
  • Shoot: Studio Light Portraits - Maisie
  • Shoot: Studio Light Protraits - Katie
  • Shoot: Studio Light Portraits - LaQuan
  • Shoot: Natural Light Nude Maisie
  • Shoot: Natural Light Nude Continued Maisie & LaQuan
  • Shoot: Studio Light Nude Maisie
  • Shoot: Studio Light Nude Maisie & LaQuan
  • Studio Light Q&A
  • Review
  • Shoot: Natural Light - Backlight
  • Shoot: Studio Light - Backlight
  • Shoot: Hollywood Glamour Shoot
  • Shoot: Low Budget Hollywood Glamour
  • Post Processing: Sue's Style
  • Post Processing: Felix's Style
  • Post Process Q&A
  • Shoot: Studio Backlight and Lens Flare
  • Shoot: Studio Light - Strobe
  • Nude Boudoir Retouching
  • Contemporary Portrait 1
  • Contemporary Portrait 2
  • Contemporary Portrait 3
  • Film Noir Male Retouching
  • Film Noir Boudoir Retouching
  • Nude Male Retouching

Taught by

Sue Bryce and Felix Kunze

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