One of the most common questions I'm asked about portraiture is where to put the light. Today, we're going to answer that question by sharing five portrait lighting patterns.
To be honest, this is the wrong question to ask. That's because the best place to put your light is to get the result you want. so the real question to ask for portrait lighting is:
What kind of shadows do I want on my subject's face?
There is a time and place for each of the five portrait lighting patterns, and we'll discuss each one and when you want to use them. We'll cover:
Additionally, we'll go over the difference between Broad Lighting and Short Lighting, which allows you to decide how you want to choose the angle you use to photograph your subject.
It's a short episode, but packed with useful information.
The world is full of bad photography advice. We give some common examples and tell you how to recognize when you're getting less than expert information.
Some people mean well and keep repeating bad advice. Other people think they know it all and desperately want to show off, even if they don't have any experience to back up the advice they're giving.
In this episode, you'll find out:
We cover some common issues like:
When you hear some absolute statements, chances are you're getting bad photography advice. Come join us as we investigate some of the common advice that you likely want to ignore.
What's your backup strategy to save your photos?
Every single hard drive will fail. It isn't a matter if "if", but "when" a drive fails. It's impossible to avoid.
When your drive fails, you need a strategy to save your precious data. For photographers, that means your RAW files, final JPEGS, Photoshop files, Lightroom Catalog and perhaps more.
In this episode, I'll share my own experiences with catastrophic failure and near loss of everything.
We'll go over the 3-2-1 backup strategy so you can understand why this strategy works and how to implement it for your own photo backups.
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Learn how to use photographs to tell your stories. We have a love of stories programmed in our DNA. You can use your photographs to reach viewers on a deeper level.
In this episode, you'll learn:
You'll also find a coupon code for a discount on Skylum software, like Luminar and Aurora HDR.
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