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Lighting 201

 

Lighting 201

 

Class Description


Lighting 201 builds on 101’s foundational tips on simple, effective exposure techniques. Lighting 201 comprises 10 hours of education on advanced, off-camera flash lighting over nearly 20 different shoots. You will learn just how much can be achieved with just one inexpensive off-camera light source.

In this course, Pye Jirsa of SLR Lounge give you tips on how to:

  • Use light manipulation to turn extreme lighting situations like midday sun or the night sky into stunning background imagery for portraiture.
  • Develop a sense of placement strategy in shoots with complex lighting and limited, portable gear
  • Composite images in post-production to achieve the best possible light
Lighting 201 will also help you develop fluency in using the right light modifiers for the job, whether they be speed-lights, strobes or main-lights. 201 also features an in-depth exploration of the mechanics of professional lighting gear, and step-by-step walkthroughs of the gear setup for each shoot. Graduate to the next level of exposure mastery with Lighting 201 with Pye Jirsa.

Lessons

1Chapter 1 Introduction
2Welcome to Lighting 201!
3OCF = Anytime/Anyplace
4Chapter 2 Introduction
5Wired, Infrared or Radio?
6“Pocket, Medium, Full Strobe?”
7Our 3 Favorite Flashes “Pocket Strobes”
84 More Flashes “Pocket Strobes” Worth Looking At
9Our 2 Favorite Medium Strobes
10Understanding Radios Part I: Channels & Groups
11Our 2 Favorite Radio Triggers
125 Simple Steps to Trouble Shooting Radios/OCFs
13Fantastic ND Filters at Any Price Range
14Our Favorite “Sticks”
15Our Favorite Ultra-Portable OCF Light Modifiers
1612 Mounting and Must-Have Lighting Accessories
17Gear Setup - Setting Up a Light Stand or “Stick”
18Gear Setup - Setting Up a Monopod Light or “Boom Stick”
19Gear Setup - Setting Up a “Medium Boom Stick”
20Gear Setup - Setting Up a Manual Flash “Big Boom Stick”
21Gear Setup - Setting Up a Full Feature Flash “Big Boom Stick”
22Chapter 3 Introduction
238 Steps to Perfecting Each Scene & Image When Using OCF
24Over Powering the Sun - Part I
25Over Powering the Sun - Part II
26Slow Down! Watch the Details
27More Power Without The Power
28Adding to Existing Light - Part I
29Bare Bulbing with Large Groups
30Back Lighting to Create Interest
31Getting Crazy with the “Whip Pan”
32Chapter 4 Introduction
33The Flash Modifier You Already Own
34The Oh-So Powerful Umbrella
35Large Group Shots with an Umbrella
36Exposure Balancing via Lightroom
37Portable Softboxes - Westcott Apollo
38More Light Control, Just Grid It!
39Dusk + Modified Pocket Strobes
40More Power? Medium Strobes FTW!
41Perfect It In-Camera. Then Photoshop
42Adding to Existing Light - Part II
43Adding or Enhancing Light Direction
44Our Ideal Group Lighting Technique
45Incorporating Flares with Flash
46Cutting Light, Grids and GOBOs
47Chapter 5 Introduction
48Fog + Flash + Grid = Dramatic Change
49BYOL! The 3-Light Setup That Only Requires One Light!
50What About the Fill Light?
51Backlight + GOBO + Fog = Magic
52Drawing Attention via Light Shaping
53Visualizing Lights & Color Shifts
54Mixing Ambient + Gobo w/ Flash
55Better Light Can Change Everything!
56Chapter 6 Introduction
57Subtle Refinement = Massive Difference
58Great Light Changes Everything! Part II
59Manually Triggered RCS + Shutter Drag
60The Right Power for Each Scene
61Dodging and Burning via Light In-Camera
62Subtle Light for Natural Portraits
63Light Modification & Simple Compositing
64Expanding Your Photographic Vision