Quick Location Lighting with Rick Friedman

Rick Friedman

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  • 12 video lessons
  • 4 hours and 47 minutes of class content
  • Streaming access on desktop and mobile browsers
  • 100% satisfaction guarantee

Quick Location Lighting is part of our special week-long event Lighting Toolkit.

Join world-renowned photojournalist Rick Friedman for an introduction on how to optimize normal light to create stunning, dynamic images.

During his course, Rick will share the techniques he’s learned during his three decades of shooting presidents, scientists, and the world's brightest innovators. You’ll master doing more with less equipment, finding the light in a wide variety of settings, lighting locations quickly, and more.

Rick’s background will inspire you to use your photographs to tell a story, and his expertise will give you the foundational lighting skills you’ll need to shoot with confidence.

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Course Instructor

Rick Friedman

Rick Friedman

Rick Friedman has been a photojournalist for over three decades. Based in Boston, he travels the world for numerous publications, corporations, advertising assignments and film and television productions. His published work appears in Time, Newsweek, U.S.

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  • A. May 10, 2025

    The presenter is very knowledgeable and entertaining and his insights are helpful. This is more of a problem-solving course than straight-forward textbook instruction for beginners. So I would supplement this with someone who goes over all the basics in more depth if you're starting from zero. But for breaking down how to get creative images outside of the comfort of the studio, this course is hard to beat.

  • Whitney W. Oct 29, 2020

    Rick is great at explaining every single thing he is doing during the shoots, so that the viewer isn't left with questions. He is a also a great presenter and fun to listen to.

  • Jason B. Jun 26, 2020

    Rick is great fun and I liked this course (he had the 2'x3' too low as it was uplighting the model quite a bit). I love his personality and the way he explains what you can do with minimal gear. it is a shame, however, that he seems to have such an aversion to umbrellas. I don't think he's ever used a deep umbrella as they produce much more focused light than the regular, shallow ones. All in all, though, I liked it. Great presenter. I liked Keiko, too!

  • Patrick M. Oct 12, 2017

    Of all the Creative Live classes I've watched this was the most fun and the most motivating. Rick's easy, unflappable style and humour makes it easy to take in what he is saying and doing. Highly recommended.

  • Sean S. Oct 11, 2017

    Rick Friedman does an excellent job in this course. He is a true professional who really knows his craft. He is an entertaining and excellent presenter.

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