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One-Light Portrait Photography

Dan Brouillette

Portrait > One-light Portrait Photography

One-Light Portrait Photography

Dan Brouillette

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1 Class Introduction Duration:03:11
2 One-Light Basic Fundamentals Duration:09:53
3 Shoot: Create a Dramatic Look Duration:12:14
4 Shoot: With the Background in Mind Duration:06:57
5 Shoot: Short vs Broad Lighting Duration:03:09
6 Shoot: Use Soft Light to Create an Flattering Look Duration:08:36
7 Shoot: Create an Everyday Portrait Look Duration:10:45
8 Shoot: Reflectors to Add Extra Pop Duration:02:39
9 Shoot: Beauty Dish With Grid Duration:04:45
10 Concluding Thoughts Duration:10:07

Class Description

It's amazing what you can create with just one studio strobe. Editorial and Award-Winning photographer Dan Brouillette shows how to get amazing and different lighting with the simplest of gear. Whether on-location, or in the studio, he'll use one-light in a variety of different ways to create everything from soft and pretty looks to hard, edgy portraits. While taking advantage of a number of different lighting modifiers, and utilizing just one strobe- you'll have a strong studio on the go for your portrait photography. 

Reviews

Ryan Redmond
 

I have mixed feelings on this one. I would still recommend it because the theory and explanations are solid and he gave a wide array of examples that show you the incredibly broad spectrum of results you can get with a given light just by changing distance and position. Having that general understanding of the fundamentals will be very useful. I'm a little bummed that he's using thousands of dollars in lighting for something that felt like it was promoted as an introduction or fundamentals class. I am a hobbyist and I am using speedlight and small softbox or umbrella combos that cost under $100, not 500 watt strobes in 60" softboxes or $1500 strobe and beauty dish combos. It would have been nice to see some examples with more basic equipment. I know the concepts will scale with some practice though, so the class was certainly still valuable.

a Creativelive Student
 

Fantastic little course. I knew a lot of this stuff already but still learned a couple things, too. I love seeing how different photographers explain the same things and Dan was crystal clear and highly effective. Glad I bought this course.

Jeff
 

Brilliant course for beginners. Would like to have seen some comparative examples with slightly cheaper gear, but that is for the individual to experiment. The inverse square law theory of light was a great help to me.