The Academy with John Gress

lighting handbooks

Lighting Handbook Vol. 3

One Light Setups

Buy my Black & White Lighting Handbook and get Intro to Lighting guide for free!

Improve your lighting with these digital downloads for only $50!

In my B&W lighting handbook, I break down 23 lighting setups point by point, including the modifiers used, the EXIF data and positioning of the lights. You’ll see finals, diagrams, behind-the-scenes images and more–everything you need other than the gear to recreate some of my most popular one light setups in this 56-page digital download.

Level up!

  • Learn how to recreate both hard and soft light
  • Set-ups include softboxes, scrims, Flags , Fresnels, Optical snoots, V-Flats and more
  • From headshots to full body and everything in between

With the purchase of the One Light Lighting Handbook, you’ll also receive my 31-page PDF Intro to Lighting guide, which is designed to help beginners get started with photography in general and lighting in particular. But more importantly, it includes strategies for putting all of this knowledge to use

Lighting Handbook Vol. 2

One Light Setups

Buy my One Light Lighting Handbook and get my Intro to Lighting guide–free!

Improve your lighting with these digital downloads now for only $50!

In my one light lighting handbook, I break down 23 lighting setups point by point, including the modifiers used, the EXIF data and positioning of the lights. You’ll see finals, diagrams, behind-the-scenes images and more–everything you need other than the gear to recreate some of my most popular one light setups in this 50-page digital download.

Level up!

  • Learn how to recreate both hard and soft light
  • Set-ups include softboxes, scrims, Flags , Fresnel, Optical snoot, V-Flats and more
  • From headshots to full body and everything in between

With the puchase of the One Light Lighting Handbook, you’ll also receive my 31-page PDF Intro to Lighting guide, which is designed to help beginners get started with photography in general and lighting in particular. But more importantly, it includes strategies for putting all of this knowledge to use!

Lighting Handbook Vol. 1

Multiple Lights

Buy my Lighting Handbook and get my Intro to Lighting guide–free!

Improve your lighting with these digital downloads now for only $50!

In my lighting handbook, I break down 20 multiple light lighting setups point by point, including the modifiers used, the exposure settings for all of the lights and positioning of the lights. You’ll see finals, diagrams, behind-the-scenes images and more–everything you need other than the gear to recreate some of my most popular set-ups in this 26-page digital download.

Level up!

  • Learn set-ups using 1-4 lights
  • Softboxes, scrims, Flags Optical snoot, V-Flats and more
  • From headshots to full body and everything in between

My 31-page PDF Intro to Lighting guide is designed to help beginners get started with photography in general and lighting in particular. But more importantly it includes strategies for putting all of this knowledge to use