Lighting Portraits for the iPhone Photographer
Learn how to take your iPhone portraits to the next level! Join Scott Kelby as he takes you through the camera settings, lighting options, subject positioning, lighting positioning, accessories, and more, to create professional looking portraits with your iPhone. Using small high-powered lights, minimal accessories, and your iPhone you’ll learn how to mold light, create shadows, and make your subjects look fantastic indoors and out on location.
Release Date: 2021-04-08
Lessons
Introduction and Camera Settings
Scott introduces the class and discusses what will be covered in the lessons that follow, then jumps into optimal camera settings.
Duration: 4 mins 34 seconds
Lighting Tools
In order to get shadows, depth, and dimension, we need to get our lights off the camera.
Duration: 4 mins 28 seconds
Additional Accessories
If you’re going to do this, go all the way and get the gear you need to make the light soft, beautiful, and in the right location.
Duration: 6 mins 3 seconds
The Profoto C1 Plus
Learn about all the options to consider when using the Profoto C1 Plus light.
Duration: 5 mins 10 seconds
Positioning the Light
Starting with the Litra unit, Scott demonstrates how to place the light for the best looking photos.
Duration: 7 mins 13 seconds
Improving As You Go
After the first shoot, Scott reviews the photos and makes decisions on how to improve the images.
Duration: 11 mins 32 seconds
Shooting with a Flash Unit
Moving on from the continuous light of the Litra, Scott demonstrates how you can use a strobing flash unit, like the Profoto C1, to light your subject.
Duration: 6 mins 37 seconds
Outdoors on Location
Moving outdoors, Scott builds on what we learned in the studio and apply it to shooting on location.
Duration: 2 mins 55 seconds