Light, Shadow and Motion
This class is all about matching a light to a move, where you start out with the set as an empty box that you fill with your creativity and imagination. As the dancers work through different moves Joe shows you how to light them with both studio strobes and speedlights to achieve a variety of looks, all the while sharing the tips, techniques, and tricks he's learned over his impressive 30 year career.
Release Date: 2012-08-01
Lessons
Introduction
<p>Join Joe on location as he introduces the class, discusses goals with the talent, and jumps right into things using a strong overhead dramatic light and builds out from there.</p>
Duration: 10 mins 40 seconds
Adding Another Light
<p>Another light adds depth, volume, and dimension to the photograph.</p>
Duration: 8 mins 23 seconds
Working with Speedlights
<p>Move from big flash photography to small flash photography; from Ranger heads to speedlights.</p>
Duration: 6 mins 50 seconds
Playtime with Dancers in the Air
<p>We're playing in a graphic space with dancers in the air.</p>
Duration: 3 mins 1 seconds
Using a Black Set
<p>Changing up the set to go from a white background to black, and putting a diffusion panel in front of the light source transforms into a beauty shoot.</p>
Duration: 4 mins 40 seconds
Cross Light
<p>Wrap up the first day with one final shoot. Set up a cross light pattern with two speedlights allows them to do double duty as a main light and a backlight.</p>
Duration: 10 mins 52 seconds
A New Day
<p>A new day, new dancers, and a new lighting set up to create a total white background.</p>
Duration: 3 mins 15 seconds
Talking with the Talent
<p>Learning to communicate with your talent is an integral step before the shooting starts.</p>
Duration: 3 mins 57 seconds
The Investigative Process
<p>After creating the space and communicating with the talent, it is time to start shooting to see what works and what needs to be adjusted.</p>
Duration: 8 mins 39 seconds
Change in Impact of Light
<p>Joe changes up the lighting set up to achieve a shorter flash duration to stop motion more crisply.</p>
Duration: 2 mins 32 seconds
A Closer Look
<p>Take a once around the studio and take a closer look at what each light is doing.</p>
Duration: 3 mins 14 seconds
A Big Box of Light
<p>The lighting, the background, and the floor combine to create a big box of light.</p>
Duration: 2 mins 13 seconds
You Just Keep Adjusting
<p>Every time the talent does something, it opens the door to something else. Your job is not to miss it.</p>
Duration: 6 mins 29 seconds
Wrapping Up
<p>Joe wraps up the second day of shooting with an extensive review of the lighting and camera settings used on the shoot.</p>
Duration: 8 mins 5 seconds