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Indoor Lighting: Adding a Reference Point and Ambience

Lesson 34 from: Picture Perfect Lighting

Roberto Valenzuela

Indoor Lighting: Adding a Reference Point and Ambience

Lesson 34 from: Picture Perfect Lighting

Roberto Valenzuela

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Lesson Info

34. Indoor Lighting: Adding a Reference Point and Ambience

Lessons

Class Trailer

DAY 1

1

Intro and Who This Class is For

07:01
2

3 Groups for All Lighting Scenarios

09:00
3

My Progress in Lighting

10:09
4

Analyzing Circumstantial Lighting

51:46
5

Circumstantial Lighting Q & A

04:16
6

Using a Reflector the Right Way

15:45
7

5 Behaviors of Light: Overview and Angle

15:22
8

5 Behaviors of Light: Inverse Square Law of Light

13:05
9

5 Behaviors of Light: Relative Size

21:43
10

5 Behaviors of Light: Relative Size Continued

38:13
11

5 Behaviors of Light: Color

12:26
12

5 Behaviors of Light: Reflective Surfaces

05:39
13

5 Behaviors of Light: Q & A

04:53
14

Location SWOT Analysis and 10 Things to Look For

23:47
15

Location SWOT Analysis: Examples and Exercises

45:13
16

Overview Q & A

11:30

DAY 2

17

Speedlites: The Basics and TTL

33:40
18

Speedlites: Manual Flash

36:00
19

Speedlites: Zoom Flash

08:35
20

Speedlites: Zoom and Rotating Flash Head and Reflectors

12:50
21

Speedlites: First Curtain vs. Second Curtain Sync

08:07
22

Speedlites: High Speed Sync

12:01
23

Speedlites: Optical vs. Radio Systems

06:38
24

Speedlites: Groups and Channels

11:35
25

Location Lighting Upgrade Examples

32:38
26

Indoor Lighting: Building on Ambient Light

14:44
27

Outdoor Lighting : Speedlights in Direct Sunlight

15:41
28

Outdoor Lighting: Using Speedlites in Shade

22:29
29

Outdoor Lighting: Romantic Look and Patterns with Speedlites

09:48
30

Indoor Lighting: Creating a Window with Strobes and a Curtain

15:47
31

Indoor Lighting: Moody Light with Speedlites and Gels

19:05
32

Indoor Lighting: Reflective Surfaces

17:47
33

Indoor Lighting: Shooting Against a Window

10:21
34

Indoor Lighting: Adding a Reference Point and Ambience

07:15
35

Indoor Lighting: Shooting into a Mirror and Creating Separation

04:59

DAY 3

36

Why You Need to Learn to Get it Right In Camera

07:32
37

Location Photo Review and Analysis

35:07
38

Intro to Reception Lighting SWOT Analysis

15:49
39

Reception Lighting Setup

32:01
40

Image Critique: Lighting Problems and Solutions

46:32
41

Don't Limit Yourself As A Photographer

04:02

Lesson Info

Indoor Lighting: Adding a Reference Point and Ambience

If you don't have a reference points we're going to create the reference points okay so I'm just gonna put this here now I'm going to put this here now um grab the light now I'm gonna change quite a bit of things I'm going to make the ambiance very quiet and I'm gonna add the mood of the light okay before we do we have anything else let me get a master flash real quick okay this is in group group a no I don't want that life spilling into the window so I'm going to assume the flash had two hundred millimeters or just a beam of light going up okay so flash zoom two hundred millimeters flash a flash, eh? Channel one I'm going to make the power one fourth so it's pretty strong but then I'm going to use my aperture to control how much of that light is coming into the lamp ok, I'm also thinking if this doesn't work to tone down the ambience I'm going to go to high speed sync and make the ambience dropped completely so I'm gonna make my shutter speed like two thousand okay, I'll try it this w...

ay first first I'm going to show the lamp okay see if that comes up here the light the lamp is brighter now now it's a little too crazy right? So I'm going to make the flash a little I'm gonna turn down the aperture too. If I was that f four I'm gonna goto efs. I'm gonna go to a five point six, so I'm gonna cut that life in the lamp just a little bit. Okay, okay, that looks better to me. So they're more realistic than the last picture than okay. Now that lights illuminating came. Now we I asked for another flash with we have another one. Oh, it's over there. Where is it? It's on the ground, you know less. Oh, another wallet out on let's put, uh, soft box or, like just the future's. Fine. We'll use the diffuser to defuse the light real quick. I'm gonna try something. I'm gonna go to high speed think I'm gonna lower that that lights off the sun. Okay, so I'm gonna goto er shutter speed one thousand and now I'm on high speed sync, which means I'm going to put my flash at full power now and you know the wide right because I I just lost a lot of the power. Okay, way have ah, jail. Yeah, orange what I'm doing now is if I haven't orange light illuminating him, then I'm gonna put an orange light actually illuminating him, so when you look at the photo, it looks like the lamp is illuminating him. But it's, not it's, really. Just your flash illuminating him on the lamp becomes the reference point. Okay, so cool do it. We're gonna do if you say, we're gonna go ahead and get real close to him, but not too close to the lamp, like, right here, right here. So you're still gonna shoot from here this way. Okay, so your face is going to turn towards the orange light on if his face turns towards the orange light issue would eventually be orange, but this flash is not affecting him at all, so I have to fake it with this flash. This flash is illuminating him when you look at the pictures and I look like this lamp is illuminating him, okay, strike came and put more power than that. What, what? What's, what's, uh, power, and that one is a group of power, full power. Group a it's a. Yes, I needed to be in group b. Okay, groupie one sixty fourth power. Okay, go ahead and try it again. Okay. Do you mind leaving your body towards the lamp instead? That's it. Okay. I need more power on that flash. Okay, let me try one more. Okay, you get the idea on that one possible tto make that monitor. Okay, take a look at this real quick. You see how that light looks like it's illuminating him? Can you guys see that here? Looks at the lamp is illuminating him on dh it's just it's, a reference point that you created. So so if the reference point is not there, I don't feel like all bomber let's. Just back it up because remember this course. If you don't have a reference point, create one right and see. The lamp is totally illuminated now, and you can see that that lamp is illuminating him. But it's actually not it's. My other flash illuminating him cool.

Class Materials

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10 Elements to Look For at a Location
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Ratings and Reviews

MizUniverse
 

Im sitting in my office listening to Roberto with my earplugs on and I know I have already left 2 reviews but he's so funny…. my family comes into the office asking me "whats so funny" Roberto makes me laugh out loud with his jokes but at the same time, he is SO great at teaching. Im watching for second time to make sure all his good info is ingrained. HIGHLY recommend you take his workshop on Picture Perfect Lighting if you truly want to take your photography to the next level! WOW thats 3 reviews now…can you tell I am impressed

Maureen T.
 

I'm taking a portrait photography course at NYIP online. one of the mentors there recommended the posing book by Roberto. I ended up ordering at the library the posing and the perfect practice book. I fell in love with both books...ended up buying them and signing up here for the year membership just so I can take all of his photos courses. I spent most of my weekend doing perfect lighting course here I am in love with the way that he teaches! He makes something so difficult and challenging for me make sense. I also like that he challenges us photographers to be true professionals. I am thrilled to have discovered Roberto and already noticed my photography is better in the short time that I've been studying him.

dLhickey
 

Roberto has the personaliyy and gift to relate to others.He is honest and shared some of rhe disaters that occurred, even with high paying and important clients when he failed to follow his proven and tested approaches. He has shared from his extensive knowledge developed by hard work and effort to master his craft. His dedication in attacking his weaknesses and making them a strength is inspiring. I have purchased many CL classes and all have worth the investment so I hesitated to purchase this course because I didn't think there was much new information. However the clear teaching and extensive knowledge shared by Roberto in his unique style caused me to purchase it gladly and believe it is an exceptional value. Roberto has shared his extensive tools, but you will never be the master of the craft without putting in the hard work and testing that roberto testified to. Thanks again CL for bringing the best to us and Thank you Roberto for taking the time and preparation to achive excellance in in this class.

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