Creative Light Uses in Studio Photography

In this course Frank offers advice on posing models and their hands, shooting with soft boxes, hard light vs. soft light, and much more. In later lessons, Frank introduces a wind machine to his shoot, along with fire cloth, water spray, and sheets of plastic. Follow along and get some fresh ideas on how to get creative with your studio lighting.

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Frank Doorhof

Release Date: 2011-04-14

Lessons

Posing Your Models

<p>Frank shares some tips on directing your models for better lines and curves in their poses which will translate to better images</p>

Duration: 5 mins 24 seconds

Making the Most of Your Soft Box

<p>This lesson has tricks for optimizing the use of your Elinchrom Octa soft box</p>

Duration: 8 mins 13 seconds

Maximize Your Deep Octa

<p>Frank shows different ways to configure a deep Octa soft box and how to account for the hot spot</p>

Duration: 8 mins 36 seconds

Two Strip Lights

<p>Frank places his model between two strip lights and uses flags to block excess light</p>

Duration: 5 mins 9 seconds

Hard Light

<p>Frank places his model in front of a black background with hard light and uses a second strobe to open up the shadows</p>

Duration: 6 mins 20 seconds

Walls, Music, and Flags

<p>The ability to be creative with your lighting will allow you to shoot wherever you want</p>

Duration: 8 mins 51 seconds

Casting Shadows

<p>Use a white wall behind the subject to create interesting shadows in the images</p>

Duration: 6 mins 2 seconds

Wind and Fire Cloth

<p>Add some action to your photos with a wind machine and a fire cloth</p>

Duration: 7 mins 49 seconds

Posing Hands

<p>Frank demonstrates the right and wrong ways to include the hands in your shot</p>

Duration: 5 mins 35 seconds

Rembrandt and Butterfly Lighting

<p>These two lighting setups are very popular and provide a good base for getting started</p>

Duration: 3 mins 27 seconds

Painting with Light

<p>Adjusting shutter speed to capture hot lights</p>

Duration: 4 mins 47 seconds

Wet Hair and Rain

<p>Making small changes to your model gives your shots a unique look</p>

Duration: 5 mins 53 seconds

Quick Tips

<p>Mark the floor of your studio so that your models know where to stand</p>

Duration: 3 mins 3 seconds

Plastic and the Great Escape

<p>Placing two lights behind plastic creates a very unique look for this shot</p>

Duration: 4 mins 34 seconds