Using Light to Bring Emotion into Your Images
Follow the light! Join Moose Peterson for an inspiring look at how to use light as a means to tell a story with your photographs. In this class Moose draws on his 40 years of experience as a photographer to teach you how to see light, how to understand the way the human brain responds to photographs, and how to bring all of that information to bear to create more evocative and impactful photos. Chock full of examples, stories, and insight, you’ll end up with a deeper appreciation for the qualities of light that you can blend with your passion for image making.
Release Date: 2017-08-02
Lessons
Follow the Light
Join Moose as he introduces the class and discusses what will be covered in the lessons that follow.
Duration: 2 mins 53 seconds
The Right Exposure
While we expose for the subject, we are also using the light to tell a story.
Duration: 11 mins 32 seconds
Color of Light
The color of the light has a huge emotional impact on the viewer.
Duration: 8 mins 21 seconds
Range of Light
The range of light is how much information, from shadows to highlights, is contained in an image.
Duration: 9 mins 49 seconds
Light and Bright
Understanding how the human brain responds to images is key to creating powerful images. The first thing a viewer will notice is what is light and bright in the scene.
Duration: 7 mins 46 seconds
Direction of Light
The direction of light helps the viewer’s eye move through the frame.
Duration: 12 mins 45 seconds
Adding Heart
Knowing all the technical is important, but it is you the photographer that has to add in your heart to each photograph and bring it to the viewer.
Duration: 6 mins 24 seconds