Lessons
Class Introduction
04:10 25 Shots That WOW
14:08 3Four Fundamentals of Photography
08:05 4Create a Visual Impact with Composition
07:04 5Importance of Foreground and Background
08:30 6Create Depth in Landscape Images
18:09 7Photos Don't Always Follow the Rules
02:11 8Composition Practice Exercise
10:41Composition Critique of Student Images
05:28 10Keys to Posing
05:37 11Shoot: Classic Elegance Female Pose
14:46 12Shoot: Modern Female Pose
09:04 13Shoot: Rollover Female Pose
08:10 14Female Hands & Arms Poses Overview
19:52 15Shoot: Hands and Arms Poses for Female
08:58 16Seven Posing Guidelines
04:18 17Headshots Poses with Male Model
14:59 18Shoot: Headshot for Male Model
06:45 19Shoot: Sitting Poses for Male Model
10:03 20Shoot: Leaning Poses for Male Model
06:43 21Shoot: Standing Poses for Male Model
03:32 22Keys to Couples Posing
10:31 23Shoot: Couples Posing
06:17 24Couples Transitional Posing Overview
14:28 25Shoot: Transitional Posing
15:25 26Keys to Group Posing
07:12 27Accordion Technique with Groups
07:46 28Shoot: Accordion Technique
04:11 29Shoot: Best Buds Pose
04:54 30Shoot: Talk with Your Hands Pose
02:33 31Shoot: Lock Arms and Hold Hands Pose
04:34 32Run at the Camera and Dance in Your Seat Poses
04:13 33Shoot: Pod Method Pose
17:58 34Posing Critique of Student Images
09:32 35Introduction to Lighting
05:38 36Soft vs Hard Light
17:10 37Difficult Lighting Situations
05:52 38Bright Light Techniques
18:16 39Overcast Light Techniques
10:34 40Low Light Techniques
10:27 41Lighting Techniques Q&A
14:58 42Drama Queen Lighting
06:26 43Laundry Basket Lighting
09:44 44Make it Rain Lighting
03:48 45Smart Phone Painting with Light
07:53 46Mini LED Bokeh Lighting
08:22 47Choose the Right Lighting System
13:30 48Hybrid Flash System
06:42 49Innovative Accessories
05:35 50Gear Overview
06:19 51Theatrical Post-Processing
06:07 52Ten Keys to Post-Processing
08:37 53Essential Skills to Post-Processing
08:25 54Headshot Post-Processing
24:53 55Bright Light Post-Processing
09:45 56Flat Light Post-Processing
14:46 57Low Light Post-Processing
08:24 58Introduction to Fine Art Post-Processing
09:06 59Light & Airy Fine Art Post-Processing
27:34 60Dark & Moody Fine Art Post-Processing
13:36 61Post-Processing Critique of Student Images
36:56Lesson Info
Innovative Accessories
So let's get into some innovative accessories and what I like using, which I find is cool. Here we go, right. So this shot here which we demonstrated: laundry basket. Hey, right? I like that pop-up light that I used, but as you know, I'm a big constant light guy. And so basically, let's bring that out. I like it because of the size. But I go, well, I like constant light; let me find a big ol' flashlight, like, you know, 30,000 lumens or whatever, so I can get some decent light out of it. And so I love using it in this way here, okay, so you can just attach it here and you can get some nice light out of it, right? And it's soft and it's really great, and you can just get on it really fast, okay? And so but it needs a really bright light to put inside of it to make that work, right. And then I use gels, right, which is really cool. And so that's kind of a new thing that I'm using. That thing folds down into like a disc that big. And so, if, you know, to do an umbrella, what you got to do...
, you gotta set the umbrella stand up and this and you gotta put it through there; there's a lot of things. That you can get some really quick soft light, it's big enough to make a difference, and you can do it like that, in a second. So you can just have your flash right here; you don't even need an umbrella mount, you just put that on, you're good to go. Bam, okay. So that's pretty bright, right? I have that killer torchlight, 38,000 lumens, right? And this is great too; I found other uses for it. Let's say your subject is literally a hundred feet away, and there's like a river in between and you can't get it to it, that will light them up at a hundred feet away. So there's a particular situation where they're 30, 40 feet away, your couple is, I just fire that light at them, and that's easier to do than putting a flash and putting a grid on it, because you can see it. So constant light, especially at night time is the way to go. Constant light, okay? Now this other cool thing that I like using is this super mount, and let me show you this. Okay, and can you bring that softbox in there too? Alright, now what I love about this mount is is that one, it's big enough to put the torchlight in there to fire it this way. But what I like about it is, you can put four flashes on here if you want to or video light. So you can put a video light, flash, two flashes, four or even five flashes, you can put it in here. So you can do a flash, you can do a torchlight through here, you can put your 8200 in here if you want to. But what really makes this amazing, it's a Bowens mount too. And a lot of people, I particularly don't because it's too long to set up, even the rapid box they have is pretty cool, but that takes too long for me too. I don't, but a lot of people use this type of mount, okay? And so this will allow you, if you put this on here, now, and it has a handle on it, you could put your torchlight through here and use constant light with your Bowens at the same time, okay? And that's what really makes this great; this thing is a little bit loose, so, anyways. But this is how it works, and so a lot of people use Bowens mount and especially when they come on their workshop they use that, but then it's hard for them to switch when the sun goes below the horizon, you don't really want to use flash anymore. Now to change that out to use video light is difficult, but if you can have some constant light to put in there, and it's strong enough to light that up, now you can use constant light with your Bowens mount. It also has an umbrella mount, too. So if you put four flashes on here, you can put an umbrella through it and still use that, too. So, this, I don't know, it's like you can do anything with this. And this is really, what I love about this, it's really easy to control this. So even if you put the torchlight through here, you can change this angle. And, sometimes when you have these mounts, especially I think the Godox one, it's really hard and rigid to change, and it's difficult, but this one makes it really, really easy to change that, and I really like that. This will also attach onto a typical flash stand here. So it has this, it has a hole on the bottom where I can just throw this on top of a light stand, and then it has a screw area here where you can lock that in, okay? And the handle is pretty cool with it, too. And it makes it easy for a person to hold it up for you if you do that with an assistant. So, lately, I've been using all this. If you want to find out more about this, just go to scottrobertsstudio.com, and you can take a look at it. But, this is, I, this is really innovative. I love it because this fits what I do, whether I flash, whether I'm 8200, whether I'm video light, and then I can still get diffused light. So this is the only mount that I need to throw in my bag, because it will hold everything.
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Ratings and Reviews
Vitor Rademaker
This course is amazing! Scott is extremely straightforward. He goes directly to practical problems, tips and etc. He explains every thing very clearly, and he is also very funny and charismatic, making you laugh as you learn. He shows that you don't need a lot of expensive gear to make very nice pictures. So I have saved some money as well, cause I was about to buy some gear that I wouldn't need right now. It is for sure one of the best photography courses I have ever attended to! I highly recommend! Thanks a lot Scott! You are the best!
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I have purchased a number of classes, this being one of them. The quality of the information was good and the level at which Scott spoke was appropriate for me. Having a course sylibus would add greatly to the value, which usually is not part of the programs I've purchased including this one, unless I've missed it. I believe the speaker should be required to provide one. After watching the videos, much of material can be recaptured by seeing it in writing. I would like to hear back from Creativelive their thoughts. In sum, good topic, good speaker, good technical audio and video quality by Creativelive
user-b48fe5
Another fantastic class with Scott Robert Lim! The combination of his knowledge, willingness to share, passion & entertaining personality makes him a top choice for photography education. Learning not only the "what", but the "why" & "how" can transform one's entire approach towards MAKING pictures. A constant inspiration to get better & better through practice.
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