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Lighting Techniques

The Academy with John Gress

Lighting Techniques

 

 

In today's video I break down this classic Golden Age of Hollywood studio portrait from this headshot shoot that I did with Etherio with six Elinchrom monolights. After I breakdown the flash look, I also breakdown how I lit the video of me talking with continuous lights.

Film Noir Portrait Lighting Tutorial Using 6 Hard Lights

12/26/2021

Member Exclusive: Model Portfolio Building Part 1

12/22/2021
What does diffusion do anyway? How to soften your light by adding diffusion to your softbox 564

What does diffusion do anyway? How to soften your light by adding diffusion to your softbox

12/19/2021
Lighting 101: Flags, Silks, Nets, & Scrims

Lighting 201: Flags, Silks, Nets, & Scrims

11/28/2021
Whether you're just experimenting or needed to recreate a specific look for a client, deciphering someone else's lighting is a key skill every photographer needs to know. In this video I will take you through my process for recognizing the modifiers, to evaluating the positioning and determining the ratios.

How to recreate the lighting from inspiration images in three easy steps

11/18/2021
Portrait lighting doesn't have to be hard. In fact you can get a lot of variety with one light so long as you know where to position it. In this video, I I show you three killer one light setups that will help you make your studio portraits pop!

3 key positions for your main light

11/11/2021
In this video I walk you through 3-Point Lighting and surprise 4-point lighting!. Covering Key, Fill, edge / kicker and hair lights.

Lighting 101 – Three Point Lighting Tutorial

11/06/2021
Action freezing examples include a dancer jumping and long hair blowing with a fan as we examine flash duration and how much you need to overpower the ambient light to freeze action in the studio or on location

How to Freeze Motion In the Studio Using Flash

10/30/2021
In this months member exclusive, go behind-the-scenes with me during my photoshoot with Fernando. I was focusing creating contrast for Black & White images while working with Fernado.

MEMBER EXCLUSIVE Tutorial: Lighting for Black & White

10/28/2021
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