AFTER THIS CLASS YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:

• Master multiple off-camera flash setups for dramatic portraits.
• Control light with flash modifiers such as softboxes, grids, and gels.
• Master creative techniques like creating silhouettes anywhere, pin lighting. your subjects, backlighting rain, creating starbursts with diffraction, and much more.
• Use various tools in Adobe Lightroom Classic to enhance the images created using the lighting techniques taught in this course.

ABOUT PYE'S CLASS:

This workshop is all about using multi-point lighting setups to consistently make any location look great and help you capture dramatic, creative portraits that will wow your clients every time.

Building on the skills learned in Flash Photography Crash Course, Lighting 101 and Lighting 201, we’re going to explore a variety of multi-point lighting techniques and look at different ways to further refine the way we light a scene. We’ll start with light stacking to create depth in our portraits before introducing rim lighting, backlighting, and other creative effects and applications. Then, we’ll incorporate motion into our environmental portraits via shutter drag and show you how to create composite images that would otherwise be impossible to capture. 

We’re going to demonstrate these techniques using a variety of highly portable lighting gear and modifiers. You’ll also find “power translations” with each lesson so that you can know the exact power settings used and recreate the same light using any flash or modifier that you already own. Follow along and see how we crafted all of the images featured in this course, from shoot to post, and learn how to fully realize your vision and bring it to life with your camera. 

The next class in this series is Lighting 401, where Pye teaches photographers how to create every natural light effect with flash, including golden hour, soft window light, and direct sun.

WHO THIS CLASS IS FOR:

• Photographers with a basic understanding of flash photography who want to elevate their lighting skills
• Those looking to boost their creativity when shooting on-location
• Any photographer who wants to stand out from the competition

SOFTWARE USED:

Adobe Lightroom Classic 2019

• Class Introduction: Lighting 301
• Two-Light Stacks for Portraits with Depth, Pt. 1
• Two-Light Stacks for Portraits with Depth, Pt. 2
• Two-Light Front and Back Classic
• Two-Light Environmental Backlighting
• Double-Diffused Main with Added Rim Edging
• Dramatic Light with Wide Vs. Closed Apertures
• Two-Light Pin for Two Subjects
• Two-Light Pin with Ambient Shutter Drag
• Hollywood Two-Light for Subjects
• Double Backlight for Environmental Portraits
• Backlighting Rain & Particles
• Double Backlight with SFX Flare Midday
• Shooting Through the Foreground
• Three-Point Starburst Lighting Setup, Pt. 1
• Three-Point Starburst Lighting Setup, Pt. 2
• How Gels Manipulate Ambient Light
• Three Favorite Gels for Ambient Light Manipulation
• Background Lighting for Portable Silhouettes
• Three-Point Lighting within a Portable Silhouette
• Background Light Compositing
• Wrapping Background Light
• Lighting and Framing within a Shadow
• Nighttime Vs. Day in a Single Exposure
• Flashed Double Exposure - Adding Scene Elements
• Flashed Double Exposure - Layered Vs. Clean Textures