# Build your Lighting Knowledge with Peter Hurley

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## Overview

Understanding how and where light is found when taking a photograph is one of the most essential learnings when taking a portrait. It's easy to spend a lot of time working on complicated lighting set-ups when your best light is often right in front of you. Join well-known portrait photographer Peter Hurley as he simplifies the process by walking you through the fundamentals of lighting. He’ll explain natural light and how to work with what’s available. He’ll discuss how to work with continuous light and the best way to use strobes. Over the course of this class you’ll be able to photograph a portrait using: 

- Natural Lighting Continuous LIghting 
- Strobe Lighting 
- A mixture of variable lighting to create a dynamic portrait with a simple set up

## Instructors

### Peter Hurley

Peter Hurley stumbled upon a photography career after first stepping in front of the camera. His years spent modeling made him distinctly aware of the importance of the photographer/subject connection and the benefits of having synergistic relationship between the two.

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $99