Overview
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In a photo shoot with a model, photographer and Strobist blog publisher David Hobby demonstrates the basics of lighting with compact flash units.
Syllabus
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1. Starting with Window Light as a Light Source
- Setting the stage
- Shooting using available window light
- Lighting notebook: Window light photo shoot
- Adding a flash umbrella
- Changing the position of the key light
- Learning to previsualize your lighting
- Lighting notebook: Single strobe with window light
- Setting the stage
- Adding the lights
- Creating an edgier look with the key light
- Lighting notebook: Two strobes
- Layers and a cone of light
- Using a ring flash for fill
- Lighting notebook: Overhead umbrella with ring fill
- The ring as key light
- The ring as fill, with a new key light
- The ring as key with light on the background
- Lighting notebook: Ring light as key or fill
- Setting up a behind-the-scenes shot
- The photo shoot
- Lighting notebook: Four-light meta shoot
- Next steps
