One Light Wonder with Clay Patrick McBride

Clay Patrick McBride

Create Dynamic Portraits with Minimal Effort

One Light Wonder
  • 21 video lessons
  • 4 hours and 58 minutes of class content
  • Streaming access on desktop and mobile browsers
  • 100% satisfaction guarantee

We only have one sun, so why should we need more than one light? In this course, celebrity portrait photographer Clay Patrick McBride will dive into lighting with intention. Through a variety of live shoots, he’ll demonstrate how to incorporate lighting diagrams into your workflow so you can create setups that you can use again and again.

He’ll cover:

  • How to control your light
  • Creating hard or soft light
  • The importance of documenting your setups
  • Sculpting with Light
  • Removing and creating shadows with intention

By the end of this class, you will be able to create incredible images with confidence and the use of only one light.

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Course Instructor

Clay Patrick McBride

Clay Patrick McBride

Clay Patrick McBride began his visual training in the South of France, where he spent his late teens and early twenties studying painting and art history. He eventually turned his focus to photography, moving to New York City in the early 1990s to attend the School of Visual Arts.

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One Light Wonder with Clay Patrick McBride is rated 4.6 stars by 13 students

  • Olga A. Dec 14, 2017

    I love that men and his style) and it was a pleasure to watch his workflow. Thank you.

  • Jee D. Nov 26, 2017

    Great Class with good examples!. Learned a lot from the 3 light set-up and ratios. Thank you so much

  • Gene T. Oct 1, 2017

    Awesome intro to lighting. I love Clay's teaching style and his personality infused presentation was a pleasure. I highly recommend this course.

  • Pieter H. Sep 16, 2017

    Great class!! Awesome teacher.

  • Kat S. Aug 22, 2017

    WOW! I was getting ready to go to bed, when I saw this class last night as I was perusing the classes available. Got the notification that it was playing, so I thought I'd check it out for a minute or two. Well, once I turned it on, I couldn't turn it off! As someone who has shot musicians on stage since I was 16, I've recently been interested in shooting portraits of them, so Clay instantly intrigued me! The more I watched, the more I couldn't shut it off, and I stayed up til 5:30 in the morning to finish the course (financial issues, so I can't afford the class right now) This class is amazing! I love Clay's teaching style, his willingness to step outside the box and play by his own rules, and his lighting is awesome! As soon as it is possible, I WILL be purchasing this class! Loved it! Thanks again CreativeLive for introducing me to yet another outstanding photographer to learn from!

  • Monique H. Aug 22, 2017

    Great lighting class. He is a great instructor, I have learned a lot! Thanks!

  • DOlores R. Aug 21, 2017

    Great intro to lighting and best way to use it. I like all the info you gave. Might help in the presentation however if you eliminated the comment "Right?" that I counted over 10 times in 5 minutes. It's very distracting. Right?

  • Jason D. Aug 20, 2017

    I absolutely loved this. Great instruction, great content and very inspiring demonstrations. I'd highly recommend this course

  • SeS . Aug 15, 2017

    This cat is Awesome. I can see Clay and Uncle Joe McNally, maybe or maybe not after a song from the bong, walking and talking down any city streets in the world and capturing and sculpting the beauty of light in that black box.

  • Allison W. Aug 2, 2017

    This class is one of th best lighting classes I've seen on CreativeLive! I love Clay's teaching style and he make it enjoyable to learn lighting! Picked up lots of great tips. I can't wait to see the other classes.

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