Setup and Shoot: Location Lighting for Challenging Situations
Joe McNally takes his amazing lighting techniques to the kinds of locations that clients ask for in sports, editorial, or commercial photography: outside on an unseasonably chilly Florida day, inside a cramped gym, and down in a mucky swamp. There, he creates some stunning athletic portraits that show you how to manipulate light and capture what can be asked of you in real-life working situations.
Release Date: 2011-06-01
Lessons
Setup – Small Flash at Sunset
<p>Joe gets right to the teaching with the trial and error process behind creating a small flash setup for a sunset shoot in daylight balance with a magenta filter and green flashes.</p>
Duration: 7 mins 9 seconds
Shoot – Small Flash at Sunset
<p>Joe's model arrives (surprise!) and they begin the process to get the shot. You'll see how each successive shot brings Joe closer to what he's envisioned by adapting the setup to suit the subject.</p>
Duration: 8 mins 2 seconds
Setup – Close, Cramped Quarters
<p>Not all locations are perfect. Joe demonstrates what needs to be done when the shoot takes place in a cramped space like a gym with low dark ceilings, mirrors everywhere and tons of heavy equipment by keeping it simple from the start.</p>
Duration: 6 mins 11 seconds
Shoot – Close, Cramped Quarters
<p>By working with the subject, Joe sets about to create the shot that gels with both the existing location and the subject's natural movement to get what he needs in the short time allotted.</p>
Duration: 11 mins 12 seconds
Setup – Swamp Thing
<p>Inspired by countless editorial requests to bring out the monster in an athletic subject, Joe takes to the swamp to scout out the perfect spot to turn a volleyball player into a muddy, mucky, monstrous Swamp Lady.</p>
Duration: 7 mins 21 seconds
Shoot – Swamp Thing
<p>Joe tweaks and fixes until the location, light, effects and costuming come together right.</p>
Duration: 10 mins 29 seconds