Light is one of the most influential qualities within any photograph. It can accentuate form, emphasize texture, create depth, reveal tonality, and intensify color. Creative lighting gives you the power to focus the viewer’s eye and control the look of every image.

Whether you use a Speedlights or strobes, the sun or LEDs, this course will share dozens of valuable insights that will change the way you use light in your photography. During each of the course sessions, we’ll produce live demonstrations from start to finish using a variety of lighting tools and techniques. These sessions will enable you to see in real time how different lighting effects are achieved and refined.

Designing the Illuminated Image | May 9, 2023 @4:30pm PT

• What Light Can Achieve
• Establishing Mood
• Emphasizing Shape
• Revealing Texture
• Focusing the Eye
• Choosing Your Sources: Flash or Continuous?
• The Impact of a Single Light

Tools For Shaping Light | May 11, 2023 @4:30pm PT

• Umbrellas, Soft Boxes, and Dark Boxes
• Dots, Fingers, Flags, and Scrims
• Barn Doors, Grids, and Optics
• Mirrors and Reflectors
• Gels, Diffusion, and Density
• Understanding Light Quality and Quantity
• Controlling the Depth of Light

Designing the Illuminated Image | May 16, 2023 @4:30pm PT

• Knowing When to Add Light
• Lighting to Recreate Natural Light
• Lighting For Impact
• The Influence of Shadows
• Using Color Creatively
• Visualizing the Finished Photograph
• Making Your Work Stand Out

Imagining and Creating Light | May 18, 2023 @4:30pm PT

• Becoming a “Student of Light”
• The Ways That Light Leaves Clues
• Movie Masterpieces of Illumination
• Ten Still Images—and the Light Within Each
• How to Develop a Lighting Style