Lesson Info
71. Quiz: Lighting
Lessons
Class Introduction
23:32 2Photographic Characteristics
06:46 3Camera Types
03:03 4Viewing System
22:09 5Lens System
24:38 6Shutter System
12:56 7Shutter Speed Basics
10:16 8Shutter Speed Effects
31:57Camera & Lens Stabilization
11:06 10Quiz: Shutter Speeds
07:55 11Camera Settings Overview
16:12 12Drive Mode & Buffer
04:24 13Camera Settings - Details
10:21 14Sensor Size: Basics
18:26 15Sensor Sizes: Compared
24:52 16The Sensor - Pixels
22:49 17Sensor Size - ISO
26:59 18Focal Length
11:36 19Angle of View
31:29 20Practicing Angle of View
04:59 21Quiz: Focal Length
08:15 22Fisheye Lens
12:32 23Tilt & Shift Lens
20:37 24Subject Zone
13:16 25Lens Speed
09:03 26Aperture
08:25 27Depth of Field (DOF)
21:46 28Quiz: Apertures
08:22 29Lens Quality
07:06 30Light Meter Basics
09:04 31Histogram
11:48 32Quiz: Histogram
09:07 33Dynamic Range
07:25 34Exposure Modes
35:15 35Sunny 16 Rule
04:31 36Exposure Bracketing
08:08 37Exposure Values
20:01 38Quiz: Exposure
20:44 39Focusing Basics
13:08 40Auto Focus (AF)
24:39 41Focus Points
17:18 42Focus Tracking
19:26 43Focusing Q&A
06:40 44Manual Focus
07:14 45Digital Focus Assistance
07:35 46Shutter Speeds & Depth of Field (DOF)
05:18 47Quiz: Depth of Field
15:54 48DOF Preview & Focusing Screens
04:55 49Lens Sharpness
11:08 50Camera Movement
11:29 51Advanced Techniques
15:15 52Quiz: Hyperfocal Distance
07:14 53Auto Focus Calibration
05:15 54Focus Stacking
07:58 55Quiz: Focus Problems
18:54 56Camera Accessories
32:41 57Lens Accessories
29:24 58Lens Adaptors & Cleaning
13:14 59Macro
13:02 60Flash & Lighting
04:47 61Tripods
14:13 62Cases
06:07 63Being a Photographer
11:29 64Natural Light: Direct Sunlight
28:37 65Natural Light: Indirect Sunlight
15:57 66Natural Light: Mixed
04:20 67Twilight: Sunrise & Sunset Light
22:21 68Cloud & Color Pop: Sunrise & Sunset Light
06:40 69Silhouette & Starburst: Sunrise & Sunset Light
07:28 70Golden Hour: Sunrise & Sunset Light
07:52 71Quiz: Lighting
05:42 72Light Management
10:46 73Flash Fundamentals
12:06 74Speedlights
04:12 75Built-In & Add-On Flash
10:47 76Off-Camera Flash
25:48 77Off-Camera Flash For Portraits
15:36 78Advanced Flash Techniques
08:22 79Editing Assessments & Goals
08:57 80Editing Set-Up
06:59 81Importing Images
03:59 82Organizing Your Images
32:41 83Culling Images
13:57 84Categories of Development
30:59 85Adjusting Exposure
08:03 86Remove Distractions
04:02 87Cropping Your Images
09:53 88Composition Basics
26:36 89Point of View
28:56 90Angle of View
14:35 91Subject Placement
23:22 92Framing Your Shot
07:27 93Foreground & Background & Scale
03:51 94Rule of Odds
05:00 95Bad Composition
07:31 96Multi-Shot Techniques
19:08 97Pixel Shift, Time Lapse, Selective Cloning & Noise Reduction
12:24 98Human Vision vs The Camera
23:32 99Visual Perception
10:43 100Quiz: Visual Balance
14:05 101Visual Drama
16:45 102Elements of Design
09:24 103Texture & Negative Space
03:57 104Black & White & Color
10:33 105The Photographic Process
09:08 106Working the Shot
25:29 107What Makes a Great Photograph?
07:01Lesson Info
Quiz: Lighting
We're gonna take a look now and see how well our class has done at figuring out what type of light is this? It's really not that hard, it's can you recognize what type of light this is? This quiz is pretty simple and I want you to play along at home, as well. I'm gonna show you a photograph. I'm gonna give you some options as to what type of light it might be. And you tell me what you think it is. I believe we're starting with Team A. Everybody on Team A get in position to assist your captain. And here is your first shot. I think we actually saw one pretty similar to this in the future, so take a look. Your options are on the left, it is one of those choices. Okay, the consensus is Open Shade. Open Shade, give them a point for that! (cheers) Okay, so there is no sunlight in here. We would need some direct sunlight for that to be Mixed. The Twilight, we're not really getting the Twilight in there. It's a blue day, it's a blue sky day, it's before sunrise, and it's all in nice, even ...
light. It's illuminated by the sky, so you can complain to me after class. (class laughs) All right, so let's see. Who originally. It originally started over there. They stole the point, but it goes back to them. 'Cause it's their turn for the next photograph, that was originally your photograph to start with. So, Team A, what type of light do we have here? We're gonna go with Front Light. Front Light, that is correct in this case. Side Light is not terribly wrong, because if we look, there's just a tiny shadow. The sun isn't perfectly in front, but it is very much in front. If you look at his face, it is predominantly in sunlight there. So that is a Front Light situation. All right, we're going back to B (laughing) for this. Your next photograph is right here. This is ours? This is B, this is B. Be ready to steal, A, if they don't get this one right. We're gonna go with Twilight. Twilight, this one I think is a little bit easier. We can see that beautiful blue, that deep blue in the sky there. Some of these are easier, some of these are harder. Let's go to the Maasai Mara in Kenya. How is this scene illuminated? Let's go with, we're gonna go with Backlight. Backlight, Backlight is the correct answer! See, our lion here is all evenly in shade, here. I guess you could say that light is not perfectly behind; it's a little off to the side. But it's generally backlit. It's all in even shade. Look at this little rim lighting that we're getting up here. So that's what you're looking for. What type of light on this? (clears throat) (murmurs) We're gonna say Overcast. Overcast is correct. Cloudy day, nice, even lighting, there's no distinct shadows in there. There's nothing that. You could argue that some of these leaves are reflecting some of that light up there. But it's predominantly an Overcast situation. We're going back over to Team A. We're going with Reflected. Reflected light is spot on, that is right. You can tell by the really warm color. If you can look really closely into his eyes, you might be able to see that there's some strong lights there. But you can tell he's in a dark environment and that nice, warm color is kinda telling on that. All right, let's go back over to Team B. And we're heading back, in this case, where are we? We are in the Serengeti now. What is our light source? All right. We're gonna say Overhead. Overhead light is exactly right. Look at that tree and look at where that shadow is. That shadow is right below that tree, tell-tale sign that it's coming straight down on that subject. Back over to Team A. Take a little trip up to Montana in Glacier National Park. We're going with Mixed. Mixed light is correct. We've got some spotlight coming in. We've got some places in the shadows here, probably some light reflected around. There's nice, good mix in there. Very good job overall, I think. There was a couple of missed ones, but it's kinda hard to pinpoint some of these exactly into categories. Generally, I think you guys did a great job. I hope you were paying attention and following along at home, 'cause I think it just helps you think about subjects. And now you can continue to play that game on the rest of the photos that you look like. How was that illuminated?
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